- present tense form of describe (3rd person singular).
describes
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Places like Shibuya, then, are a natural fit for what Ertel describes as a renaissance of meaning, driven by vinyl’s resurgence.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
This finding offers a new explanation for a familiar phenomenon called the Pollyanna principle, which describes the tendency for human language to lean toward positive rather than negative words.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
But it also describes what happened in the U.S. in the 1960s, when protests over racism, the Vietnam War, and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. sometimes escalated into riots.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026
"I hope to God that it doesn't disappear, the club scene altogether," says Jazzy, who describes a similar issue in Ireland.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
For instance, the simple equation 4x – 12 = 0 describes how an unknown number x is related to 4, 12, and 0.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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