discern

Even if they themselves are cynical about AI’s capabilities, they want job candidates who are willing to learn and discern, someone who exercises good judgment.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

“Traditionally, it isn’t so much about somebody being more moderate,” he said, in part because voters can’t always discern moderation among candidates of an opposing party.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

In terms of actual names Leeds are chasing, it is difficult to discern at this stage, but I know they admire the Czech player Ladislav Krejci.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Mrs. Finley made them sound as if they were naturally brilliant, and I studied the images, trying to discern who they were.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

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

But in reading her dark “The Coming of Age,” he discerns an admittedly hidden note of optimism, resulting in his list of “Top Ten Ways to Grow Old.”

From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2020

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

Mr. Blum’s direction doesn’t allow for enough speaking silences, which might allow the characters’ interior lives to be discerned more clearly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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

Many discerned an environmental message in the vibrant green artwork, which appeared on Sunday — St. Patrick’s Day.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2024

I discerned he was now neither angry nor shocked at my audacity.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Sudeikis says he didn’t offer the scripts because “I didn’t think they were ready for someone who was clearly so discerning to read.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

I completed one slow circuit, attempting to look discerning.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

A key element of that training is discerning the difference between psychological and spiritual problems, he said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

The caveat is that they are not making the decisions, but are discerning the mood.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Giffen's was the polish ordered by all discerning butlers of the time, and if this product was used correctly, one had no fear of one's silver being second best to anybody's.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro