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distinguish

[dih-sting-gwish] / dɪˈstɪŋ gwɪʃ /




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In other words, these are not the types of judges you would expect to look for reasons to distinguish or defy Supreme Court orders.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Dr Andrea Maria Pelliconi, an expert in international human rights law at the University of Southampton, says airlines and booking sites "should distinguish Western Sahara as a territory with a different status from Morocco".

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Other research shows that a majority of Americans are not confident that they could distinguish between an AI-generated video and a real one.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

There is normal teenage rebellion, and there is radicalization, and sometimes it’s really hard to distinguish between the two, Dehghani said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

And all of the ballyhooed techniques used by the armies of market researchers at CBS utterly failed to distinguish between these two very different emotions.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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