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discern

[dih-surn, -zurn] / dɪˈsɜrn, -ˈzɜrn /


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But you can still discern the same rush, the same eagerness to assume that everything is going to turn out great without taking many steps to make sure that it does.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

By September, Fed officials should be able to discern whether a hike is needed.

From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026

I appreciated the restraint exercised by Caleb Eberhardt, who trusted the audience to discern what it needed to discern about Kenneth when he played the role at La Jolla Playhouse.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

"Our eX-GL approach effectively automates the interpretation of complex magnetization reversal process and enables identification of hidden mechanisms, difficult to discern using conventional methods," says Prof. Kotsugi.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

At this point he could not discern her degree of seriousness.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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