descriptive
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When Bum-seok frantically demands a descriptive clarification from a hunkered, terrified colleague who’s seen the thing, the man barks back, “Who cares? That’s not the point!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It unveiled a new data platform that automates that descriptive process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“The parents learn the value of those interactions with their children. The importance of spending time truly talking, not just directive talk … but open-ended questions, using songs and rhymes, storytelling, descriptive language.”
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
But maybe that was simply too normal, too accurately descriptive to be written by a gay guy.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
Wilkerson ends a richly descriptive introductory chapter with a paragraph composed of exactly two syllables.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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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