tell apart
Example Sentences
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Criticism and care aren’t always easy to tell apart, and disillusionment and patriotism aren’t opposites.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 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
There are an estimated 48 different species of PACs, and they can be difficult to tell apart from harmless species like seaweeds because their morphology varies significantly when it comes to color, shape, and structure.
From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 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
