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describe

[dih-skrahyb] / dɪˈskraɪb /


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Others describe a skilled operator willing to exploit collective fears about technology to serve Anthropic's interests.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

It can be tempting to describe these well-meaning characters as everyday people trying to do their best.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Physicists often describe this universal behavior using a mathematical framework known as conformal field theory.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Seven minutes later, they changed the alert to a code signaling unlawful interference—used to describe attempts to jeopardize the safety of the airplane, like hijacking or hostage taking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Nora always knew how to describe things, Jackson had noticed.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

Ferguson describes growing up in Govan as "the making of me".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Clayton describes himself as a “working supervisor” who conducts arraignments and represents clients at preliminary and other hearings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He describes Casablancas and Co. as the last in a lineage of quintets that, collectively, have spanned five decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Accuracy describes how close a measurement is to the correct value, while precision reflects how consistently that measurement can be reproduced.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

I slide my chair away from him and start reading the handout, which describes our twenty-foot wagon and lists the supplies we can choose for our trip out West.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Two people have died following what's been described as a workplace incident at a road in County Down, BBC News NI understands.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Passengers described rushing the cockpit and a fight for control after the plane suddenly plummeted -- losing around 17,000 feet of altitude in the span of a minute, according to the Flightradar24 website.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

At his July Senate confirmation hearing, Clayton described AI as an essential opportunity and a serious threat for the intelligence community.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Eisenhower described the procedure a president would use to launch an attack.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

She opens her monologue by describing a hypothetical figure born to great privilege.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Greg Bresnitz, who had already been working on automation in the marketing department at the blockchain platform Optimism, was in the audience when a conference keynote speaker started describing the “marketing engineer.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

BBC director general Matt Brittin also paid tribute to Dame Esther, describing her as a "legend of British broadcasting" whose contribution to public life was "immeasurable".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

"This name is the tip of the iceberg," Yeni leader Ozgur Ozel told a party meeting on Wednesday, describing the scandal as "the robbery of the century".

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

The case contained a secret compartment, in which Ames had stashed a document describing the CIA's relationship with the spy, along with his photograph; Ames never found it again.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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