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“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

How is this content affecting our culture and what happens when we can no longer discern what is real?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Is that really what viewers want, to not be able to discern reality, even with all its limitations?

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Matejka started thinking that it could have been so much easier to discern the flaws if he had been able to somehow walk the space.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

He couldn’t discern the look on his older brother’s face, so he braved the rest of his words.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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 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

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

While it has not yet been discerned whether the tape was taken during the March raids, a source asserted, "They are contacting people that they’ve found on the tapes."

From Salon ● May 29, 2024

We would discover, in ourselves, the sources of wonderment and delight that we have discerned in all other manifestations of nature.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Sudeikis says he didn’t offer the scripts because “I didn’t think they were ready for someone who was clearly so discerning to read.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

I completed one slow circuit, attempting to look discerning.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

A key element of that training is discerning the difference between psychological and spiritual problems, he said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

The caveat is that they are not making the decisions, but are discerning the mood.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Despite these precautions, from the very first day, the headmistress had no trouble discerning the eccentricities of her new pupil.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende