descriptor

Example Sentences

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“Soft power” may in fact be the most apt descriptor of a cultural test’s goal.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Holzhauer chose the descriptor “game show villain” when he returned for a champions’ tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

The descriptor works for the artist’s latest album, “After Hours,” a collection of originals and standards that sees the 62-year-old Marx channel his inner, swinging Frank Sinatra.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

The book is not unnecessarily maudlin but rather sharply present, which is also simply an accurate descriptor for much of Smith’s life and work.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2025

Later, octave came to mean a choice of twelve notes, not eight, and we got saddled with the wrong descriptor for ever, but I’ll explain that development when it arrives.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall