- present participle of distinguish.
distinguishing
Example Sentences
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Instead they take still images of vehicles, capturing the make, model, color, license plate data and other distinguishing features such as bumper stickers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Dr. Mary K. Mulcahey, chief of sports medicine at Loyola University Medical Center, who specializes in shoulder and knee injuries, said AI would likely have a hard time distinguishing between different types of meniscus tears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
First, practice distinguishing between what the Constitution says and what judges and justices say about the Constitution, a document riddled with aspirational vagaries and flexible abstractions.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
"Bristle worm jaws also showed size-dependent elasticity. This is a distinguishing feature of bio-metals when compared to standard crystalline metals like copper or silver," said author Christian Hellmich.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
If the same principle applied to animals and inheritance, then what force could possibly conserve any distinguishing feature of any variant organism?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
