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[dih-skrip-shuhn] / dɪˈskrɪp ʃən /




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Job Description: Superpower seeks . . . anyone, to direct its national intelligence apparatus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Any changes will be found in the Summary Plan Description.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

Description sheets for the available monuments suggest a burial plot will set buyers back €976 for a 10-year lease, €3,354 for 30 years or €5,260 for 50 years.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

Description: Low-profile Art World Family is seeking a full-time Executive/Personal Assistant who is attentive to details, skilled in communication and professional.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

Dr. William Currie’s sixty-four-page A Description of the Malignant, Infectious Fever Prevailing at Present in Philadelphia appeared at the beginning of September, when the fever was confined to a few streets and alleys.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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