discern a pattern
Frequency: 5.52.1 per million words
to notice or recognize a pattern that is not obvious
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Examples (10)
- Researchers often analyze data to discern a pattern in consumer behavior.
- It was difficult to discern any clear pattern in the chaotic events of that week.
- Can you discern a pattern in these seemingly random numbers?
- The detective was trying to discern a pattern in the series of thefts.
- Over time, biologists began to discern a pattern in the animal's migration.
- The analyst looked at the charts, hoping to discern a pattern before the market opened.
- If we look closely, we might discern a pattern in the weather changes.
- It takes a trained eye to discern a pattern in these archaeological ruins.
- The software is designed to discern a pattern in network traffic that indicates a hack.
- She struggled to discern a pattern in her husband's unpredictable moods.