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as in depicted
to give a representation or account of in words
he tried to describe the dream he had last night as accurately as he could
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as in chronicled
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
a biography of Washington that describes the decisive Battle of Yorktown at great length
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as in characterized
to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group
how would you describe the Inupiat people you encountered in Alaska?
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Recent Examples of described
One person, described only as a male, was taken to a hospital in critical condition, according to fire officials.
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Jasmine Mendez
follow,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
Investigators previously described the suspect as a man, but during a news conference on Friday, prosecutors said Berezovsk was allegedly dressed as a man during the package bomb attack.
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
3 July 2026
Iranians who spoke to NBC News described losing their jobs, dealing with the financial damage caused by the war and trying to cope with soaring prices on everyday goods like meat and eggs.
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Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
3 July 2026
Reports of a Folklore-style castle inside the Garden have been disputed, though the setup is still being described as elaborate.
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Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2026
Kaplan described the engineers his team encountered there as among the most skilled in the world at managing AI agents.
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Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
Gladney described the incident as a tipping point in the district’s work to address the experiences of Black students.
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Chaewon Chung
july 3,
Sacbee.com,
3 July 2026
As the search continued, investigators recovered additional human remains from Lake Mattoon before identifying the victim as Turner through what officials described as a thorough investigation.
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Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
Swift’s childhood bestie, Abigail Anderson, was photographed Thursday along with other guests — including Swift’s publicist, Tree Paine — leaving the Ritz Carlton NYC and heading to Madison Square Garden for what was described as a rehearsal dinner.
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Kansas City Star,
3 July 2026
Jasmine Mendez
follow,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
Investigators previously described the suspect as a man, but during a news conference on Friday, prosecutors said Berezovsk was allegedly dressed as a man during the package bomb attack.
—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
3 July 2026
Iranians who spoke to NBC News described losing their jobs, dealing with the financial damage caused by the war and trying to cope with soaring prices on everyday goods like meat and eggs.
—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
3 July 2026
Reports of a Folklore-style castle inside the Garden have been disputed, though the setup is still being described as elaborate.
—
Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2026
Kaplan described the engineers his team encountered there as among the most skilled in the world at managing AI agents.
—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
Gladney described the incident as a tipping point in the district’s work to address the experiences of Black students.
—
Chaewon Chung
july 3,
Sacbee.com,
3 July 2026
As the search continued, investigators recovered additional human remains from Lake Mattoon before identifying the victim as Turner through what officials described as a thorough investigation.
—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
Swift’s childhood bestie, Abigail Anderson, was photographed Thursday along with other guests — including Swift’s publicist, Tree Paine — leaving the Ritz Carlton NYC and heading to Madison Square Garden for what was described as a rehearsal dinner.
—
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for described
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This image combines X-ray data from Chandra along with optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope, depicted here in blue.
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Trump captioned his Monday, June 29 post on Truth Social, which depicted the eagle with its wings open wide and carrying a stars and stripes shield.
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American writer Gardner Soule chronicled the decade’s thrilling race to inhabit the sea in a series of 1960s features for Popular Science.
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Several hundred reporters showed up at Argentina’s training session on Thursday at Inter Miami’s Fort Lauderdale training facility and chronicled Messi’s every move.
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Stark White The past few years have been characterized by warm, off-white tones, and in 2026, designers agree that this trend is not set to change.
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The lands historically now known as Ukraine were occupied by the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth for centuries, and many Ukrainians view their nation’s genesis as the rebellion of Cossack Hetman Boghdan Khmelnitsky against the commonwealth, an event characterized by massacres of Poles and Jews.
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Critics have portrayed the idea as anti-religious and ahistorical ever since the Supreme Court embraced it in 1947.
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Only in these United States can the progeny of people once portrayed as parasites and invaders side with those making the same argument about the latest batch of newcomers.
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Shawna and several of her family members participated in the episode and recounted their memories of David and the situation leading up to his murder.
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Oswaks recounted moments from the event in his interview with the outlet, noting how the pro-Palestinian protesters vastly outnumbered them that day.
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And to be an American is to be embroiled in the great democratic experiment that has been defined by division from the beginning.
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The first merges Birkenstock’s first-ever sandal, the one-strap Madrid from 1963, featured with the Big Buckle, and is merged with its successor, the Arizona sandal launched in 1973 and defined by the brand’s original square buckles.
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The original webtoon series was created by Chugong, illustrated by DUBU (REDICE STUDIO), and adapted by h-goon (published by D&C MEDIA).
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OpenAI’s o1 model illustrated this clearly on hard mathematical reasoning benchmarks.
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The infant, who is 9 months old, was rescued along with her mother, the State Department told Fox News Digital.
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After the assemblies, longtime Colorado Democratic strategist Mike Dino told CBS Colorado that DeGette's name recognition and congressional seniority were significant advantages in the race, but that her poor showing caught him off guard.
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“Described.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/described. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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