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In a statement, Caltech President Thomas Rosenbaum said Baltimore’s “contributions as a virologist, discerning fundamental mechanisms and applying those insights to immunology, to cancer, to AIDS, have transformed biology and medicine.”

Nearby vineyard owners worried the burn would make their world-class grapes too smoky for discerning wine lovers.

Turning anime into live action is a formidable creative challenge and a balancing act: on the one hand is a discerning fandom and on the other hand, an irresistible opportunity to find new audiences.

From BBC

The Tiffany designation is associated with high-quality, discerning, bold programming choices.

From Salon

“My time feels very valuable to me, and I’m very discerning about how much of it I give and who I give it to,” she told me.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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