disambiguate
Example Sentences
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There are a lot of good reasons for this, chiefly that even a small amount of time can help our rational minds disambiguate between meaningless provocation and matters of importance.
From Fox News
“When you have objects that are in a cluster, so to speak, it’s very difficult to disambiguate which one is which.”
From The Verge
Right now, for instance, I’m test-driving a new feature where I write down what earrings I wear every day, leading to speculations about how I should disambiguate between all the different pairs I own.
From Washington Post
Gomes also discussed “neural matching,” a technique that uses documents online to help disambiguate imprecise language.
From The Verge
"Most of the variations are quite pronounced, but despite the differences, they do not seem to affect understanding and context usually helps to disambiguate meanings."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.