discrete
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One professional coach’s website describes it, in so many words, as making discrete adjustments to a business that, over time, lead to its significant transformation.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The smallest discrete unit of light is a photon.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Cummins noted the period included $29 million, or 21 cents a share, of unfavorable discrete tax items that pressured earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The magazine impresario, Cohen, wants him to find the “perfect white” to give a sense of order and harmony to the quintillions of discrete bits of data stored within the building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The other spelling, discrete, means “separate,” “distinct,” or “unconnected.”
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing discrete
Grade 12, List 1
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