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recognize

[rek-uhg-nahyz] / ˈrɛk əgˌnaɪz /




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"The snakes' heightened sense of smell may allow them to recognize one another as something more like siblings -- especially given the high levels of inbreeding -- than as prey," Gray says.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

He briefs reporters and does television interviews, but few people would recognize him on the streets of most cities in America.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

It is accounting policy to depreciate infrastructure and recognize other operating costs related to scaling new clusters when it starts provisioning the equipment, incurring expenses before the assets are handed over to a customer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

They want each other to succeed, as they recognize the importance of the bookstore’s role as a third space.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

I looked up, and the monkey I’d learned to recognize was looking down at me as if to check if I’d received them.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

When the court recognizes Douglass as an author of the Reconstruction Amendments in Barbara, the court is “democratizing constitutional memory.”

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

The adaptation delves more into their marital melancholy, but I felt I understood them better in Shakespeare’s original, which recognizes the power of suggestion and interpretive restraint.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

To ensure the treatment reached prostate cancer cells, the team attached a targeting molecule that recognizes PSMA, a protein found on the surface of prostate tumor cells.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

“By automatically applying penalty relief, the IRS recognizes that taxpayers who historically pay on time should not have to make a formal request for relief that is routinely granted,” he said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

“What will Mrs. Sharpe do to us if she finds out? And what if Ms. Hussey recognizes our handwriting?”

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

A new University at Buffalo-led study, published on July 24 in Science Advances, suggests that brown tree snakes possess far more genetic variation than scientists previously recognized.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

Asked how he could make the identification with much of the man’s face covered, Cooper said he had met YG “a lot” and recognized his eyes, body type, height, walk and demeanor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

The Supreme Court recognized this in U.S. v.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Her class reignited my passion for both writing and film, and pushed me back toward a version of myself that I recognized.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

Charles recognized Estelle’s handwriting and her perfect French, “not a word of which was understood by Miss Fox.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

This two-stage approach could give policymakers a clearer basis for preparing for rising seas while also recognizing the much greater uncertainty that develops later in the century.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

CelcomDigi is expected to begin recognizing Digital Nasional profit or losses from 3Q or 4Q following the ownership transition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

But she said the mission’s account of its own history seemed “whitewashed,” saying little about the Native loss and trauma that historians are increasingly recognizing in accounts of the missions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Even worse, recognizing the long con has degraded offline interactions as well.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

He looked around, startled, and recognizing me, alarmed.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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