describe
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These figures describe different opportunities: more efficient robot travel and lower costs at a particular facility.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Instead, she said that Facebook had simply become a bad way to describe the totality of what Zuckerberg wanted to do with the company.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
“People come in here and they tell me they want a Cabernet Sauvignon and then they describe all the attributes of Merlot,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The researchers also examined an early account that may describe the solar corona, the Sun's faint outer atmosphere that becomes visible to the naked eye during a total solar eclipse.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
“Wrestling, yes. That’s a good way to describe it.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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It describes how some people maintain their memory and thinking abilities even when their brains show signs of damage or disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
Rispoli describes the scene as a moment that has helped Goblikon thrive in the comedy world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Barry Manilow’s high-energy “Copacabana” describes a woman who drank her life away following her lover’s murder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Yet she describes social media as a double-edged sword.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
When Newton performed his experiment in 1666 it was probably deliberately designed to produce the elongated spectrum, an effect he describes as if were a complete surprise.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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She described him as being "highly persuasive... a complex character" and "exciting to be with".
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Cherrise, who lives with her son in Draperstown, County Londonderry, described his autism diagnosis as complex and said that he has "significant social and emotional support needs".
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
The ballot paper is set to list the two men as Dan S Sullivan, who will be described as the incumbent Republican senator, and Daniel J Sullivan Jr.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Recovering in a hospital in Kharkiv, Mr. Vlasenko said that when the drone descended to collect him, he heard what he described as a “roar of rescue” that he will never forget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
With Maps of the Country Through Which the Routes Pass, in the Northern, Middle, and Eastern States, a book whose title was as grand and cocksure as the New World it so thrillingly described.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Dolores thrived on a middle-class upbringing of Girl Scouts, violin lessons and tap dancing, describing her mother’s generosity as a guiding force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Khalil's ordeal also exposed him to conditions in a Louisiana jail he likened to torture, describing constant fluorescent light, cold, and poor food.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
The resulting beam was dramatically smaller than those employed in earlier experiments, with the researchers describing a reduction of tens of orders of magnitude.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
If the person describing the city holds a grudge against one neighbourhood, that grudge ends up on the map.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
She started a letter to her children, describing the trip.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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