discern
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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
"The more that people see AI content, the less able that they are to discern fact from fiction, then the more likely they're going to be to distrust real content," said McDermott Rees.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
It was just possible to discern Ron under his disguise, but only, Harry thought, because he knew him so well.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing discern
Things Fall Apart
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