discern
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But you can still discern the same rush, the same eagerness to assume that everything is going to turn out great without taking many steps to make sure that it does.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 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
Usually investors can’t discern precisely how a given investment was valued.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
When—how—whither, I could not yet discern; but he himself, I doubted not, would hurry me from Thornfield.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Things Fall Apart
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Grade 10, List 5
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