- past tense form of distinguish.
- past participle of distinguish.
distinguished
Example Sentences
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Zacharia, in a post on X, thanked Trump for the "distinguished privilege of serving as White House Press Secretary."
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Cornell is an Ivy League university, alongside Harvard and Yale, and its faculty includes Nobel laureates and other distinguished researchers.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The study was one of the final research publications involving Peter Littlewood, a distinguished UChicago physicist who died on June 15.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
While one might argue that those are original titles of distinguished quality, it’s unfair to write off “Resident Evil” simply because it’s a game adaptation.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Look! It’s Miss Lumley, our distinguished alumna,” one of the girls cried, and the rest circled ’round in excitement.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing distinguished
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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And Then There Were None
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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