discrete
Example Sentences
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“First quarter results reflect the continued challenges in our Americas retail business as well as a few discrete items affecting the quarter,” said Chief Executive Devin McGranahan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Alison-Madueke said another property overlooking Regent's Park was used for "discrete" official meetings, while she said another property she is accused of using was "completely gutted" for renovations and unusable when she saw it.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
As their characters, Conforti, Blanchard and Ardies, deftly carve out discrete personalities beneath their plum-colored homogeneity, each playing a role that is, in turn, playing a role while also remaining desperately human.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Human knowledge is not a discrete entity like a file on a computer.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
Who, for example, would object to the term ‘the digital revolution’ on the grounds that it is not a singular and discrete event, localized in time and space?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing discrete
Grade 12, List 1
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