- present tense form of distinguish (3rd person singular).
distinguishes
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He then claims that Russia harbors more nonbelievers than any other country, yet distinguishes Russian atheism from its Western counterpart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
In an article, they note that the definition used in the measure hews closely to another section of California law, which distinguishes providing internet services from offering content, services and applications online.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
"There's nothing that distinguishes them from other bees really, they're not that kind of attention-grabbing species, but, you know, were you to look for them, go to ivy and you'll see them," Benwell said.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Researchers at the LMS, Imperial and UCL wanted to understand where these cells are located in untreated tumors, what distinguishes them and which other cells tend to surround them.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Here Hobbes distinguishes between two types of knowledge: science, which is, as Hume would later say, about the relationship between ideas; and what he calls prudence, which is about facts.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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