- past tense form of distinguish.
- past participle of distinguish.
distinguished
Example Sentences
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Probably not, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside.
From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026
Robert Pozen is a distinguished senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and former president of Fidelity Investments.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
Around the world, tens of thousands of litres of helium-3 are likely to be produced this way every year, estimates David McCollum, distinguished scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
What distinguished Didion is her style, so carefully milled as to be not noticed at first.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 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
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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