individuate

Example Sentences

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I try to make sure it’s all the steps along the route as you individuate from your family and become a professional.

From The Verge • May 3, 2022

But the Netflix limited series is such a compelling watch because it takes care to individuate Alex’s story.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021

Fungi are also notoriously elusive: They mostly lay underground, sprout unpredictably, and their intricately tangled networks can make them difficult to individuate as single specimens.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2021

When death comes in bulk as constantly as it does in America, there is little time to individuate victims, to mourn them as singular persons, the way those who loved and knew them will.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2021

How feeble this attempt is to individuate, is most clearly shown in their mode of generation.

From Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor