descriptive

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Importantly, these behavioral differences were predictive, not just descriptive.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Readers of “The Marble Faun” will find Hawthorne at the height of his descriptive abilities, particularly in his accounts of Roman masterworks, which qualify as artworks themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Much of her sophomore album “Vanity” has main character energy, and Lovestory’s “Telenovela,” with its extended metaphors of Barbarella bad bitches, “tragica erotica,” and using “su lengua pa cambiar el canal” is the descriptive centerpiece.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

It’s time to look beyond the alphabet for something more descriptive.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

The descriptive sort of linguist tends to observe change in the language, note it, analyse it and manage not to wake up screaming every night.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author