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discern

[dih-surn, -zurn] / dɪˈsɜrn, -ˈzɜrn /


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Discern anything in her performances but unhurried grace and pure greatness.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

Discern the nature of identity in various rhetorical and cultural contexts.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Research New Type of Test May Better Discern Immunity to the Coronavirus Antibodies aren’t the only kind of immune cell in the body.

From The Verge • Nov. 14, 2020

Discern Science claims accuracy rates in their preliminary studies – including the one in Bucharest – have been between 83% and 85%.

From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2019

Compare "How One may Discern a Flatterer from a Friend," § vii., where the same image is employed.

From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard




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