discerned
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Only so much about the subjects who are made the focus of the program can be discerned from flimsy data that’s some 2,000 years old.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The 1924 Immigration Act limited immigration so drastically, that it can be discerned by a distinct bend in the chart of US annual population growth.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Myanmar has a rich culture of fortune-telling, and many believe the future can be discerned by mystics.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
The state of their relationship can be discerned in the way they interact over breakfast in the garden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
She just chewed, but it seemed to me that I discerned something affirmative, acquiescent even if it wasn’t eager, in her air.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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