discerned

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The Polish nobility, for instance, is portrayed as not so noble, which blurs the line between invaders and oppressors; any subtleties to be discerned between the languages spoken were probably swallowed up in the subtitles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Myanmar has a rich culture of fortune-telling, and many believe the future can be discerned by mystics.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

Many discerned an environmental message in the vibrant green artwork, which appeared on Sunday — St. Patrick’s Day.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2024

There are two sets of laws that govern the universe, the solid scientific ones studied by Oppenheimer and the nebulous moral ones discerned by Tatlock and others like her.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2023

I had discerned the ways in which we had been sculpted by a tradition given to us by others, a tradition of which we were either willfully or accidentally ignorant.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover