discernible

Example Sentences

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Anthropic’s current defense contracts total only about $200 million, a barely discernible amount in the trillion-dollar Pentagon budget.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

That doesn’t mean that crypto will periodically drive higher, only that when holders are running for the exits, there may not be a discernible floor to how low it will go.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025

However, for investors who want to avoid buying exposure to airlines, which aren’t benefiting from any discernible longer-term growth trend, could look for specific names within the industrials fund.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

They argued that transgender-identifying people constitute a discernible class with distinguishing characteristics and a biological basis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

And so it was that the overwhelming stench of despair and hopelessness and evil was not at all discernible to her, and she went happily down the twisting and turning stairs.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo