discern

Example Sentences

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These are two women who know who they are from the jump, and the audience never spends a single moment trying to discern that, either.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Cutting-edge warfare is being waged with drones and lasers, while the generative computer programs being marketed as “artificial intelligence” warp our ability to discern reality.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

A major reason is that the market is trying to discern which companies will emerge as long-term AI winners and which will ultimately see the technology devastate their profits.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Such a unifying feature is harder to discern in the invention, manufacture and sale of products as disparate as the pogo stick, Mr. Potato Head and the Betsy Wetsy doll.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Ignoring her question, he holds out an open notebook, and in the flickering light Isobel can discern a bare black tree.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern