describe
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From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Standard particle-based models of dark matter typically describe two main possibilities for how annihilation occurs.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
After that deflating breakup, she had decided to describe herself honestly on a dating app as “wordy, nerdy and kind of sturdy,” and not a lot of people responded, but one did, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
“This is a love story,” she begins, going on to describe the ways love can make you crazy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
The best I can describe it is that my brain is a trapped badger, and all it’s doing is reacting.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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Vocabulary lists containing describe
PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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