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discern

[dih-surn, -zurn] / dɪˈsɜrn, -ˈzɜrn /


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And here’s hoping we’ll read some discerning criticism on the subject as well.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s hard to discern a unifying theme in the best film scores of 2025.

From Los Angeles Times

In England, notes Mr. Harpham, as early as the 1550s one might discern “a popular consensus” that “the people of the nation stood in some special relation to freedom.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Dowling is a discerning and sympathetic, if occasionally starchy, guide through Shepard’s oeuvre.

From The Wall Street Journal

But if AI power users pick and choose what is worth automating, then we could all be a bit more discerning.

From The Wall Street Journal