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been discerning
verb
To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
Exact(3)
From the outset, the great difficulty has been discerning whether the authorities are driven by malevolence or incompetence.
An early step has been discerning what clues might be found in all the cyberspace detritus of the four women's lives.
The coalition that Barack Obama put together to win the presidency handily in 2008 looked a lot like the emerging Democratic majority that optimistic liberals had been discerning on the political horizon since the 1990s.
Similar(55)
Two different approaches have been discerned in the literature.
They're discerning.
Investors are still being discerning.
Rinella's palate is discerning.
There are discerning critics.
The capital markets are being discerning.
So they're discerning!, I thought.
He was discerning about whom to embrace, when and how.
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