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Seeking an answer, investors on Wednesday will turn to the dot plot to try to discern the Fed’s forecast for its benchmark short-term interest rate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

An important part of this is applying human judgement to discern what is reliable and credible.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Is that really what viewers want, to not be able to discern reality, even with all its limitations?

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

There’s something instructive about the way Mr. Vernon’s presence is so difficult to discern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

I try, out of the corner of my bleary eye, to discern what he might be thinking, but his face is impassive.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Accordingly, he discerns that much of what passes for “AI alignment” is, in practice, a small number of San Francisco labs encoding their idiosyncratic values into systems that now shape billions of lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

The bad news, however, is that the patterns Turchin discerns suggest that the crisis will almost certainly get worse.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2023

Through his meditations on William Blake’s “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,” Nemo discerns that liberation can only be attained through creation.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

Right up to today, Mead’s keen eye discerns strategies and patterns that may have gone unnoticed.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2022

There are three kinds of intelligence: one understands on its own; the second discerns what others understand; and the third neither understands by itself nor through others.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

The officers shared the shocking recording this week in hopes of identifying the driver, whose license plate cannot be discerned in the clip.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Polish nobility, for instance, is portrayed as not so noble, which blurs the line between invaders and oppressors; any subtleties to be discerned between the languages spoken were probably swallowed up in the subtitles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

The researchers discerned patterns of meaning in lines, notches, dots, and crosses on objects like mammoth tusks as old as 45,000 years in caves in Germany.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

Myanmar has a rich culture of fortune-telling, and many believe the future can be discerned by mystics.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

Despite the cloudless sky, the old trees ahead cast deep, dark, cool shadows, and it was a few seconds before Harry’s eyes discerned the building half-hidden amongst the tangle of trunks.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

“Conceived on a grand architectural scale, this landmark residence balances timeless grandeur with thoughtful functionality, creating a true trophy property for the most discerning collector of fine real estate,” the listing adds.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

"You can't get a more discerning audience than a class of teenagers," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

"Neutrons are ideal at discerning light elements including hydrogen and its isotopes, such as deuterium."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

At Gap, consumers are active yet discerning, Chief Executive Richard Dickson said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Indeed. It never does. And it will not ever again. I must have been deluded when she first came to us, wanting to enter our Order. I shall be more discerning next time.”

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill