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describe

[dih-skrahyb] / dɪˈskraɪb /


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"There are no words that can truly describe the heartbreak and devastation his parents, sisters and our whole family are experiencing," Jones said on the fund-raiser page.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Some allies describe Wilson as a consensus-builder who takes time to understand an issue and is willing to change her mind based on new information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Physicists often describe this universal behavior using a mathematical framework known as conformal field theory.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

It can be tempting to describe these well-meaning characters as everyday people trying to do their best.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Wrestling, yes. That’s a good way to describe it.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The U.N. describes Lamu Old Town, designated as a World Heritage site, as “the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

It describes several overlapping anxieties about modern restaurant food, but its prehistory belongs, at least partly, to the ghost kitchen.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

The paper describes the "diplomatic row" as a "major test" for Andy Burnham and follows comments the PM made on how he was "really concerned" if the club's owners decided to sell up.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

A material's critical current describes the maximum current it can carry before resistance and energy loss appear.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

“London Bridge” might go as far back as the Middle Ages in London, as it describes the disrepair of the famous bridge.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

After the Southern Bridge was attacked on Thursday, passengers described how dust from a blast wave entered their carriage through the ventilation system.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The study examined what the authors described as “academic buoyancy,” or how students respond to and recover from common academic pressures and setbacks in daily learning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Mitochondria are often described as the powerhouses of the cell because they produce much of the energy our bodies need to grow, move, repair tissues, and carry out everyday functions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

She described Disney’s voluntary retirement program as “generous” to give “long-tenured executives agency and the opportunity to make their own decisions around whether the timing was right to leave.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Ba had insisted that Ma teach me embroidery, and I was working on a pillow casing, but exquisite wouldn’t be how I described my needlework.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

These included radiocarbon dating, unusual patterns recorded in tree rings, and historical records describing ruptures that broke the ground surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

In the rare time he has engaged, Bastian played down the criticism, describing it as just the normal course of business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

She opens her monologue by describing a hypothetical figure born to great privilege.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Outside Wandsworth Prison in London, former bus driver Michael Bogle was adamant he would not return to the Victorian-era facility - describing the conditions as "awful".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Some similar dinners, if there were dinners that could be considered similar, might have calligraphed menus on sturdy paper describing each course in great detail, or perhaps just listing an intriguing title or name.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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