distinguish
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The study also helped distinguish the effects of normal aging from those linked to Alzheimer's pathology.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
In general, laws don’t distinguish between recordings and transcriptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
It can be difficult to distinguish where an arrangement ends and an assemblage begins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Laidlaw said: "He was in a psychotic state and had lost contact with reality. He was not able to distinguish what was real and what was not. He was hearing voices and had delusional beliefs."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
A tarnished amulet hung from a cord around her neck, though it was too dark to distinguish its details.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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The paper distinguishes between highly specific properties and broader categories.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
It distinguishes Marvell from companies that may have seen explosive increases in their market caps over a short span but that might struggle to maintain those levels in a normalized environment.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
The business logic underpinning all of it is a subscription model that distinguishes the Times sharply from traditional game companies.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
No objective cutoff distinguishes ordinary worry from clinical anxiety, or grief from clinical depression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Here Hobbes distinguishes between two types of knowledge: science, which is, as Hume would later say, about the relationship between ideas; and what he calls prudence, which is about facts.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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She described Widdecombe as "a very fun and feisty woman who spoke her mind", while the then-Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said Widdecombe was a "distinguished politician".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
A JPMorgan spokesman said Bisignano is distinguished for his grit and determination, and that “we applaud his service to our country both at the Social Security Administration and the IRS.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Major League Baseball reserves a potential All-Star roster spot or two each summer for distinguished players: Bryce Harper and Justin Verlander this year, Clayton Kershaw last year, Pujols and Miguel Cabrera in past years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer described Widdecombe as a "distinguished politician" and her death as a "significant loss".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
It was sometimes difficult to believe that Dr. Roland was a tenured professor in the Social Science Department of this, a distinguished college.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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Inspecting roofs, especially distinguishing between wind and hail damage, involves a certain degree of subjective judgment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
We then used artificial intelligence to classify each document match, distinguishing meaningful contact with Epstein from accidental mentions.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
There is also value in distinguishing between information and action — research on perceived control and stress consistently shows that the gap between awareness and agency is one of the strongest predictors of psychological distress.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026
You’re kind of distinguishing her from what we now think of as YA, “Young Adult.”
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
“So we’ll say he’s in his twenties. Any distinguishing characteristics?”
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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