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distinguish

[dih-sting-gwish] / dɪˈstɪŋ gwɪʃ /




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The private-credit sector will likely have to distinguish between software companies that deploy artificial intelligence to enhance and entrench their competitive positions, versus those whose core product is being displaced by it, says Man Group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

The directive applied only to access by foreign nationals, but Anthropic said it was unable to distinguish among users based on nationality and was therefore forced to take its models offline.

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

Testing showed that the membranes could distinguish between molecules that differ by only 100-200 Daltons, a level of precision that is extremely difficult to achieve with conventional polymer membranes.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

The marker will distinguish human artists from AI.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

I could no longer distinguish people from monsters.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi




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