distinguish
Example Sentences
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The study also grouped all types of salt substitutes together, so it could not distinguish potassium-based products from other alternatives.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 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
But it’s critical to distinguish between weaker firms and established operators with disciplined processes.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
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 • Mar. 28, 2026
It is easy to distinguish the parts told by each, Aeschylus grave and direct, Ovid light and amusing.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
