tell apart
Example Sentences
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Wherever they sit in the stack, they will be hard to tell apart from eventual losers, and doubly hard to buy before everyone else notices.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Many are what scientists call cryptic species, meaning they are visually almost impossible to tell apart.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2026
This helps vendors when related species are difficult to tell apart and is expected to reduce mislabelling.
From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024
Both of Oswald’s guns had a story to tell apart from their role in the tragedy of Nov. 22, 1963.
From Slate • Nov. 22, 2023
These buildings were steel and glass and hard to tell apart; they all held enormous banners that swept from their lowest to highest windows.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
