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past participle of describe.
past tense form of describe.

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alleged adj.
detailed adj.
reported adj.
represented adj.
specified adj.

ADJECTIVE

alleged

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purported so-called stated supposed

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averred declared pretended professed suspect

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dubious ostensible questionable suspicious

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certain definite sure

ADJECTIVE

detailed

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accurate complicated comprehensive definite exact exhaustive intricate meticulous precise specific thorough

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amplified circumstantiated complete developed disclosed elaborate elaborated enumerated exhausting full individualized narrow specified unfolded

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abundant all-inclusive at length blow-by-blow circumstantial clocklike copious finicky fussy individual minute nice point-by-point seriatim

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careless false imprecise inaccurate indefinite inexact questionable simple uncertain vague

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incomplete needy

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brief cursory inexhaustive nonspecific sparing uncomplicated undetailed

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reported

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announced disclosed expressed noted proclaimed recorded rumored

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believed broadcast communicated divulged narrated recited recounted reputed revealed said

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made known

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certain secret unknown verified

ADJECTIVE

represented

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characterized defined expressed pictured

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delineated drawn illustrated interpreted mirrored personified portrayed revealed sketched symbolized

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specified

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stated

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detailed itemized named

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Torossian described the actions of the Swedish Migration Agency as "heartless".

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Reinhold Lopatka, head of the European Parliament's election observer delegation, described the suspension as "disproportionate".

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

But it was only months after taking the new job that he heard from an AI company, which initially described a project covering 700 acres.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The species is described in theJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

“Kate Fox at the Altar” described for the American public the wedding’s dresses, décor, and celebrity sightings: a German prince and the Duke of Wellington’s son.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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