discerner
a person who perceives or detects something:As leaders in the school, we have to be critical discerners of the things brought to our attention.
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How to use discerner in a sentence
There I was, sitting in the grass, smiling upward for no reason they could discern.
Eighty years of memories that will stir readers’ own | Connie Schultz | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostThat would be a really cool outcome, if you can discern things that are more subtle than the Giant’s Causeway, and hitting a rock with a hammer and seeing what the shards look like.
Scientists Uncover the Universal Geometry of Geology | Joshua Sokol | November 19, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThe website for it offers information for people to discern for themselves whether it’s worth getting.
A 28-year-old ‘nerd’ in Baltimore invented a new type of mask, and tapped into the strangeness of this 2020 holiday season | Theresa Vargas | November 18, 2020 | Washington PostWhen it comes to physical fatigue, it may be easier of the two to discern.
Such subtle distinctions could take many years to discern, but now with the first local example on the books, the challenge seems less daunting than before.
Astronomers have traced mysterious radio waves to a source in our own galaxy | Charlie Wood | November 4, 2020 | Popular-Science
He was a man that God endowed with a clear and wonderful depth, a discerner of others' spirits, and very much a master of his own.
George Fox | George FoxThe will, which is illegitimately stretched to include feeling, is treated as the creator as well as the discerner of reality.
Outspoken Essays | William Ralph IngeI could but smile at the young discerner whose thoughts agreed so fully with my own.
The Ladies | E. BarringtonThis clergyman, whose name the Editor is not at liberty to mention, is known to many to be a discerner of spirits.
It is said in one place that the "Word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."
Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler | Rev. Gross Alexander
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