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Meanings of distinguished in English
Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person.
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Examples for "grand"
Examples for "grand"
1
Several companies said they received grand jury subpoenas, indicating a criminal investigation.
2
In this grand new institution Desmarets should certainly hold an official role.
3
Currently, there are plans to present the case to a grand jury.
4
More than half of Germans said they would welcome a 'grand coalition'.
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The paper also said Bolton has not received a grand jury subpoena.
1
Do you support the EU imposing tougher regulation to combat climate change?
2
They also stressed the importance of imposing sanctions in connection with Europe.
3
They have also rejected the idea of imposing sanctions against the government.
4
South Africa has a history of imposing weighty conditions on foreign takeovers.
5
Banks have been reluctant to lend, imposing harsh conditions on new mortgages.
1
He loved this place, a magisterial old house in the Garden District.
2
Her whole bearing consisted of volleys of abuse, closed by magisterial interrogations.
3
Ricky supposed that he had to envy that too, the magisterial appearance.
4
And didn't SHE put me down with one of her magisterial sentences?
5
His pals apparently still regard that brazen mantra as evidence of magisterial leadership.
Usage of distinguished in English
1
Although small in number, the 1920 team distinguished themselves well in competition.
2
This time I hadn't merely identified bones and distinguished left from right.
3
Galileo clearly distinguished the role of religion from the role of science.
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But they are distinguished from dredging in one significant respect: they work.
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Results: Youth distinguished between sports and exercise, with each possessing different determinants.
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General Pilar was one of the most distinguished citizens of the republic.
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This method is distinguished by a high level of safety and practicability.
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But Hynes is the most distinguished theatre director currently working in Ireland.
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Another brother was quite distinguished in college in the class of 1851.
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I see half the most distinguished people in London in your drawing-room.
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A distinguished academic, he is currently principal of the London Business School.
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The police have also distinguished themselves with an astonishing level of corruption.
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In the desperate fighting in March, 1918, the Battalion also distinguished itself.
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The uproar redoubled; but again she distinguished one word above it all:
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Flow cytometric analysis clearly distinguished between the uninfected and infected cell population.
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Gary Trim interrupted, his words distinguished by quite a pleasant British accent.
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
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