distinguish
verb (used with object)
to mark off as different (often followed by from orby ).
have distinguished
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present perfectof distinguish.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He marshals his commanding technique with the openness and vulnerability that have distinguished his whole career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
All have distinguished military records, but crucially all are from a much younger generation of officers.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Neuroscientists have distinguished brain regions and systems by function for more than a century.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023
The upside is that readers are treated along the way to the evocative prose and astute observations about human nature, race relations and family bonds that have distinguished Mosley’s writing for some 30 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
For example, they might have distinguished a count of sheep from one of wheat by drawing a sheep on one and a wheat stalk on the other.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
