describe
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Bank executives describe the U.S. economy and American consumers as resilient despite an uncertain environment and the rising costs of household items such as utility bills and gasoline.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
In a study published in the journal Nature, Virginia Tech geobiologist Shuhai Xiao and his collaborators describe a 550 million-year-old sea sponge fossil that falls squarely within this missing interval.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
The couple's approach taps into a bigger shift in UK tourism, straying away from standard accommodation and towards what industry observers describe as "experience-led travel", where the stay itself becomes the destination.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
They describe the shift as a tactical move — shelter in the highest quality and most defensive pockets of stocks, found in the U.S.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
As he began to describe his career, he’d broken down and wept.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Vocabulary lists containing describe
PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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