discrete
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Curator Ingrid Schaffner calls the miniature sculptures by Betye Saar and Takashi Murakami installed on discrete shelves “the house gods” — works that, like the others, “anchor Eileen’s day.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Alison-Madueke said another property overlooking Regent's Park was used for "discrete" official meetings, while she said another property she is accused of using was "completely gutted" for renovations and unusable when she saw it.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Human knowledge is not a discrete entity like a file on a computer.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
In his view, conventional medicine treats the body as discrete pieces, but it’s better to envision it as one system, where everything works in concert.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
As the train trundled through the darkening fens, Bateson read a copy of de Vries’s paper—and was instantly transmuted by Mendel’s idea of discrete units of heredity.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing discrete
Grade 12, List 1
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