- present tense form of distinguish (3rd person singular).
distinguishes
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The approach to services is one thing that distinguishes Visa and Mastercard — businesses that, on a surface level, look very similar.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
The business logic underpinning all of it is a subscription model that distinguishes the Times sharply from traditional game companies.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
No objective cutoff distinguishes ordinary worry from clinical anxiety, or grief from clinical depression.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Proton VPN distinguishes itself from competitors by offering a free version with unlimited bandwidth.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
Here, then, we seem to be on the verge of that fusion of human and animal identity that distinguishes the earliest historical religions of Egypt and Mesopotamia.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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