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describe

[dih-skrahyb] / dɪˈskraɪb /


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The police did not describe the specific language or any images that were found on the fliers, but said they are investigating the matter as a hate incident.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

Warsh added that he would be “hard-pressed” to describe broad financial conditions as restrictive — meaning interest rates weren’t high enough to slow economic growth.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

The researchers describe the compounds as "molecular prostheses" because they allow the retina to respond to light again without implanted hardware or genetic modification.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

Meanwhile, Lucas Malinowski, CEO of the Global Automakers of Canada Association, which represents companies like Honda, Toyota and Lexus, said he would describe the leaders his group represents as “frustrated” with the trade environment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

I pause, then hop to the left edge for the rest, which creates a sound I can only describe as gastrointestinal.

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

The Big Church Festival - which describes itself as the UK's biggest Christian festival - was founded in 2009.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

CiviClick describes itself on its website as “the first and best AI-powered grassroots advocacy platform.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

It does not obscure the waterfall but describes it, just as clothing can make the human form beautiful, by emphasizing its lines and contours, and letting us see them more vividly.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Spin texture describes how a material's magnetic moments -- the spins of its electrons -- are arranged in space.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

Yet he whom it describes scarcely impressed one with the idea of a gentle, a yielding, an impressible, or even of a placid nature.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The publication noted the incident occurred just days after the school began its immersion Western Armenian dual-language program, which local officials described as the first of its kind in the United States.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

Haldia described checking where his parents were located.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

Dailey explained the demo, and Cook paused in what Dailey described as a “terrifying” moment of thought.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

In one study of women who underwent egg freezing at the University of California, San Francisco, 88 percent described feeling more control over their reproductive planning thanks to the procedure.

From Slate Aug. 29, 2026

He tried to think of a word that described her smile, but nothing came to him.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

On Thursday he went after Fox News correspondent Jonathan Hunt during a broadcast, accusing him of inaccurately describing the current state of the war, and telling Fox anchor Bret Baier to “straighten out” his reporters.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

What happened: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei once again rejected that direct talks with the U.S. had taken place, describing the proposed terms as “unrealistic, unreasonable and excessive.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

It is just as hard to even find posts describing the flash flooding that has claimed hundreds of lives, with just as many still unaccounted for since Wednesday.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Mr. Hoser, “fired with a spirit of rebellion,” overwhelmed this system, sometimes even describing new species secondhand, pulling descriptions from papers published by other people.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Coach Hedge was just describing how Piper had defeated Khione with a roundhouse kick when Piper interrupted.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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