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Since the entire brand of America’s foremost tastemaker is to discern the good things from tackiness, the debacle has bewildered longtime fans.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

Keep that in mind as you try to discern when the current bull market is about to finally top out.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

She monitored the president’s social media posts to discern what was of importance to him, then would go on air to talk about those topics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Jones also backstops the job titles against the companies’ real career pages to discern if the roles are fake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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

“No computational system, however sophisticated, can create a heart that gives itself, or a conscience that discerns good from evil,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

Here and elsewhere, Ms. Chan brings artists and their audience to life in a few telling lines, and discerns music-sharing motivations in brushstrokes, embroidery and regalia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 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

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 officers shared the shocking recording this week in hopes of identifying the driver, whose license plate cannot be discerned in the clip.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Only so much about the subjects who are made the focus of the program can be discerned from flimsy data that’s some 2,000 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

Myanmar has a rich culture of fortune-telling, and many believe the future can be discerned by mystics.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

As I stepped through the door and my eyes adjusted to the gloom, I discerned yellowed teeth, naked sockets fitted with glass orbs that refracted the firelight.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

That stock-market debut, though, comes as investors grow increasingly discerning about AI spending.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

"You can't get a more discerning audience than a class of teenagers," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

"Neutrons are ideal at discerning light elements including hydrogen and its isotopes, such as deuterium."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

There’s no doubt that measuring mechanical functionality and discerning historical fidelity have become critical components of the conversation.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

“I am quite good at discerning lies. I hear none from you. Your story also fits with what Hazel Levesque told us.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan