descriptive
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The information companies gather on users can range from internal purchase history, to internet search histories, precise geolocation and descriptive demographics like age, race and class.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
It merely stated that, as a descriptive matter, the court no longer applies it.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
Readers of “The Marble Faun” will find Hawthorne at the height of his descriptive abilities, particularly in his accounts of Roman masterworks, which qualify as artworks themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Much of her sophomore album “Vanity” has main character energy, and Lovestory’s “Telenovela,” with its extended metaphors of Barbarella bad bitches, “tragica erotica,” and using “su lengua pa cambiar el canal” is the descriptive centerpiece.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
Writers is merely a descriptive adjective: it tells you what kind of workshop this is—one for writers.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing descriptive
Expository Writing, List 1
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Achievement First 5th Grade IA 1 Words
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STAAR English II: Composition, Revision, and Editing
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