In a sentence
Six example sentences with discriminating, each labelled with its topic.
Only a discriminating palate notices that the chef swapped the aged vinegar for a cheaper supermarket bottle.
Cooking
A discriminating editor threw out ninety of the hundred frames and printed only the ten that said something new.
Photography
A discriminating buyer reads the footnotes before the headline yield, and usually walks away from the glossiest brochures.
Finance
A discriminating listener hears the difference between the two recordings in the first bar of the cello line.
Music
The guidebook is written for the discriminating traveler who wants a quiet courtyard rather than a rooftop pool.
Travel
Her discriminating taste in novels meant that praise from her, however brief, sold more copies than any advert.
Literature
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Found in 4 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE WordsRecognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
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