distinguish
Example Sentences
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However, their chemical similarity to certain plastics makes them difficult to distinguish in lab analyses, increasing the risk of false positives when studying microplastic pollution.
From Science Daily
The artist’s summer stays on the Northern French coastline began in 1885 in Grandcamp, a humble fishing village distinguished only by its vacant beachfront and dramatic cliffs rising to the east.
Hegel was a metaphysician whose insistence that Geist, or spirit, pervades the historical process and moves it to some grand culmination is difficult to distinguish from New Age mysticism, and hence charlatanism.
From Salon
Under international humanitarian law, all parties to a conflict must distinguish between civilian objects and military objectives.
From BBC
Democratic systems depend on something more demanding: the ability to tolerate disagreement, engage with complexity and distinguish between what feels true and what is demonstrably so.
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