distinguished
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But, by the numbers, the Spurs have already distinguished themselves as the likeliest team to dethrone the defending-champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Each community can be distinguished by its signature colours - members of the Lafiaji association always wear red and white.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
A former member of the Special Air Service Regiment, Roberts-Smith was once lauded as Australia's most distinguished living war hero.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
She distinguished herself writing episodes of weird, atmospheric series including Netflix’s “Brand New Cherry Flavor,” a nightmarish exploration of witchcraft and filmmaking in 1990s L.A., and “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities,” also for Netflix.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
“There my distinguished guest is wrong. It is actually elfin architecture that borrowed these forms from early goblin architecture.”
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
Vocabulary lists containing distinguished
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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And Then There Were None
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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