be distinct

Example Sentences

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It distilled his concept for the museum of “frozen explosion,” rupturing the idea that architecture and artifact should be distinct.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

The agency said while both issues "appear to be distinct, they each result in the Cruise vehicles becoming unexpected roadway obstacles."

From Reuters • Dec. 16, 2022

But many Taiwanese people consider their self-ruled island - with its own form of government and a democratic system- to be distinct.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2022

Different illnesses led them down similar paths – bipolar disorder in her case and schizoaffective disorder in his – conditions long considered by many to be distinct and unrelated.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2022

The majority of the modern botanists, on the contrary, consider them to be distinct, although some conceived that the oxlip might be a cross between the cowslip and the primrose.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir