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discern

[dih-surn, -zurn] / dɪˈsɜrn, -ˈzɜrn /


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“We would stay out of the fray, play by the rules, ignore the ludicrous attacks and assume that people would discern the truth.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

By September, Fed officials should be able to discern whether a hike is needed.

From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026

"Our eX-GL approach effectively automates the interpretation of complex magnetization reversal process and enables identification of hidden mechanisms, difficult to discern using conventional methods," says Prof. Kotsugi.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

"The more that people see AI content, the less able that they are to discern fact from fiction, then the more likely they're going to be to distrust real content," said McDermott Rees.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

I try, out of the corner of my bleary eye, to discern what he might be thinking, but his face is impassive.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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