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discernible

[dih-sur-nuh-buhl, -zur-] / dɪˈsɜr nə bəl, -ˈzɜr- /


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Her hands, while confined within the mountain’s outline, are the only other discernible part of a human body.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Trump, more of a “Phantom of the Opera” fan, didn’t react in any discernible way.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

In the preceding years, more than 1,000 babies a year were dying unexpectedly in England and Wales, with no discernible cause found.

From BBC May 5, 2026

Less discernible linear marks were also found on the other.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2026

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




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