descriptive
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Importantly, these behavioral differences were predictive, not just descriptive.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
In their fiction—mostly novels for Woolf, short stories for Mansfield—they experimented by replacing linear narrative and descriptive detail with suggestion and symbolism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Easily accessible generative artificial intelligence tools, such as Google's Veo and OpenAI's Sora, enable the creation of realistic imagery using just a few descriptive words.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
“For a long time, captions have been made by hearing people,” says Stern, who collaborated with d/Deaf/hard-of-hearing artist and filmmaker Alison O’Daniel, whose 2023 documentary “The Tuba Thieves” reimagined closed captioning as a descriptive playground.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
Line has traditionally been admired for its descriptive value, so that its expressive potential is easily overlooked.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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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