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description

[dih-skrip-shuhn] / dɪˈskrɪp ʃən /




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The gardens are also home to fruit trees, planting beds, and “mature gardens,” the property description noted.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

The latter is baked into the law as a discretionary grant that is, despite USCIS’s description of it as an “extraordinary relief,” closer to the norm.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

His bombed-out inner life matches his description of Rotterdam so closely that it can’t help but seem like a projection.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

He also edited the description of the vehicle to a van, with security and navigation systems and a television removed from the financial record.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

This was a description of a single day in his life.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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