descriptive
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“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
That predictive grasp is the heart of what Mr. Woolfson describes as artificial biological intelligence, the threshold at which biology would turn from a descriptive science into a predictive, engineering one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Time and Water” touches on the epic verse called rimurs, passed down via chanted song by Icelandic women, their descriptive, sorrowful tales like dispatches from previous ages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Importantly, these behavioral differences were predictive, not just descriptive.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
Not content with their names, they take descriptive titles also—the Empire State, the Garden State, the Granite State—titles proudly borne and little given to understatement.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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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