discern

Enlander said finding "a buried skull, without any other bone present" presented a problem in trying to discern what happened.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Even if they themselves are cynical about AI’s capabilities, they want job candidates who are willing to learn and discern, someone who exercises good judgment.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

“Traditionally, it isn’t so much about somebody being more moderate,” he said, in part because voters can’t always discern moderation among candidates of an opposing party.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

You don’t need a high school diploma to discern this as a treatment benefit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

It wasn’t even possible to discern where they had been.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

She discerns in the subject’s eyes a “warning.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

The bad news, however, is that the patterns Turchin discerns suggest that the crisis will almost certainly get worse.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2023

Through his meditations on William Blake’s “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,” Nemo discerns that liberation can only be attained through creation.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

Right up to today, Mead’s keen eye discerns strategies and patterns that may have gone unnoticed.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2022

There are three kinds of intelligence: one understands on its own; the second discerns what others understand; and the third neither understands by itself nor through others.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Polish nobility, for instance, is portrayed as not so noble, which blurs the line between invaders and oppressors; any subtleties to be discerned between the languages spoken were probably swallowed up in the subtitles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 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

Despite police officers’ efforts to allow political speech, all that could be heard were jeers and insults, though the word “sham” could be discerned amid the din.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024

If you've discerned the show's common patterns and tells over the past two seasons, which happens to nearly every series in its third go-round, you may even finger a culprit weeks before the finale.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2023

But some of the white men discerned that I had begun to brood.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

According to Tim Mackey, a professor of global health at the University of California, San Diego, A.I. responses appear to be getting better at summarizing research, weighing credibility, and discerning misinformation.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

Now that we have fallen straight through the looking glass of the internet, that gap has narrowed to the extent that we are having far greater difficulty discerning reality from its uncanny simulations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

I completed one slow circuit, attempting to look discerning.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

That tumult was especially pronounced last week, as traders took a more discerning look at the market’s biggest AI players—with drastically dissimilar results.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The old man waited tranquilly, watching him with a discerning smile that was both scornful and sympathetic.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller