distinguish
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Oral Wegovy may have beaten Foundayo to the shelves, too, but Lilly figured out how to distinguish its pill another way.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
“It is crucial to clearly distinguish between the responsibilities of a regime and the fate of millions of ordinary citizens,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Understanding that dynamic helps explain why it is essential to distinguish the present dispute from cases in which courts are being asked to intervene to protect democratic participation.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
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 • Mar. 29, 2026
Often, discoveries are named after their inventors; from 1597 it became standard to distinguish three systems of the cosmos, those of Ptolemy, Copernicus and Brahe.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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