distinguish
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Hugh Morris, who has died at the age of 62, enjoyed a distinguished career in which he led from the front both on and off the cricket field.
From BBC
Legal scholars often have used the term “shadow docket,” because these cases don’t typically get oral arguments or other measures of transparency that distinguish the court’s regular docket.
By the twentieth century, the idea of Western civilization had taken hold in the U.S., which had earlier sought to distinguish itself from the Old World.
Restorations of unknown date have resulted in the exposure of under drawing in certain areas, like the drapery of Salome, and a blurring of the line distinguishing the Virgin’s pillow from the gilded ground.
Central bankers increasingly distinguish between one-time price adjustments and persistent inflation.
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