Example Sentences

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A game-changing technique for imaging molecules has produced its sharpest pictures yet — and, for the first time, has discerned individual atoms in a protein.

From Nature • Jun. 3, 2020

A shrewd bird, he has discerned that the Hoggetts, his owners, keep farm animals around only if they are gainfully employed, but all of his efforts to find a job have failed.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 22, 2016

In recent days, Mr. Domingo said, he has discerned a shift around “Birth,” with more people being able to see it on its own merit.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2016

By the end of The Art of the Deal Trump has discerned he, too, has a purpose.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

His voice had the interest now of a man who has discerned a pretty sequence of reasoning.

From The First Men in the Moon by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)