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distinguish

[dih-sting-gwish] / dɪˈstɪŋ gwɪʃ /




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Some of the recent incidents “highlight the difficulties the Americans will now face in distinguishing meaningfully between forces of the new Syrian government and ISIS,” Heller said.

From The Wall Street Journal

This anthology of verse from its pages attests to the excellent judgment of its previous editors and to that of Walt Hunter, the Atlantic’s current poetry editor, himself a distinguished poet-critic.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some market experts distinguish investing from gambling by the time horizon at work.

From Barron's

“All of this will either rise or fall on effective disarmament,” said Daniel Shapiro, a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council and former U.S. ambassador to Israel under the Obama administration.

From The Wall Street Journal

For example, the models struggled to distinguish lung cancer subtypes in African American patients and in male patients.

From Science Daily