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as in depicts
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 tells
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 characterizes
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 describes
The Anti-Defamation League describes Patriot Front as a white supremacist group.
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Kyla Guilfoil,
NBC news,
5 July 2026
Staying home might not readily provide the intoxicating beauty Emerson describes.
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Isabel Fattal,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2026
Maxfield describes his clothes as a combination of Japanese craftsmanship and European tailoring, with an emphasis on custom fabrics and small details rather than obvious decoration.
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Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
3 July 2026
Park describes her character’s relationship with her brother as evolving along those lines as the film unfolds.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2026
Google describes the resulting deployment as about 50 server-equivalents worth of compute at a fraction of the usual cost.
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New Atlas,
2 July 2026
The platform itself describes its approach as discovery e-commerce, and the results are visible.
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Faustino Júnior,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
In Apple in China, the Financial Times reporter Patrick McGee describes how the US firm’s advanced manufacturing supply chain birthed China’s world-beating consumer electronics sector.
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Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
23 June 2026
Derek Shelton still describes it as a platoon situation, but the Minnesota Twins’ most recent lineups offer a strong indication Ryan Kreidler is taking over as their starting shortstop for now.
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Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Kyla Guilfoil,
NBC news,
5 July 2026
Staying home might not readily provide the intoxicating beauty Emerson describes.
—
Isabel Fattal,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2026
Maxfield describes his clothes as a combination of Japanese craftsmanship and European tailoring, with an emphasis on custom fabrics and small details rather than obvious decoration.
—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
3 July 2026
Park describes her character’s relationship with her brother as evolving along those lines as the film unfolds.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2026
Google describes the resulting deployment as about 50 server-equivalents worth of compute at a fraction of the usual cost.
—
New Atlas,
2 July 2026
The platform itself describes its approach as discovery e-commerce, and the results are visible.
—
Faustino Júnior,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
In Apple in China, the Financial Times reporter Patrick McGee describes how the US firm’s advanced manufacturing supply chain birthed China’s world-beating consumer electronics sector.
—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
23 June 2026
Derek Shelton still describes it as a platoon situation, but the Minnesota Twins’ most recent lineups offer a strong indication Ryan Kreidler is taking over as their starting shortstop for now.
—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for describes
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The franchise depicts a future where good people want to do good, are endlessly curious, believe in justice and diplomacy and strive to maintain peace.
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Achilles discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes depicts a Greek mythological scene during the Trojan War in which the hero Achilles has been hidden by his mother, the sea nymph Thetis, on the island of Skyros.
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As the film tells it, her poses — sometimes casual, sometimes intense, always impressive — caught the eye of fellow climber Ivan Beerkus, and the two soon began collaborating.
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David Martin, who leads the global people and organization practice at BCG, tells Fortune that too many companies are focused on one-hour training sessions, half-day bootcamps, and other classic learning and development programs.
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Resilience characterizes many young basketball players at SCC Dixon said.
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Under that view, a taxpayer who actively participates in management should not receive the benefit simply because state law characterizes the interest as a limited partnership interest.
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His pioneering work on the colonial bar portrays a profession living through extraordinary uncertainty.
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The summer’s political bestseller portrays him as a figure whose transformative potential has been utterly derailed by hubris.
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Thrown into the perilous odyssey of the quest for Europe, Gift recounts the memories that led to her departure.
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Ali, a war survivor from Iraq, takes pride in learning how to use a sewing machine at Eder, but also recounts how he was knocked unconscious in an unprovoked assault while shopping with his family in Walmart.
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The cruise line’s Marella Explorer 2 also offers cruises exclusively for grown-ups, which the line defines as those 17 and older.
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The company’s bet is that the same speed that defines its team can be brought to the systems companies rely on every day.
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James Wilson, a prominent attorney, best illustrates that evolution.
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The Pew report illustrates why homeownership is increasingly the province of older Americans, and why first-time buyers seem like a vanishing breed.
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Eisman relates that Elon Musk plans to make money from ventures that only exit in the fictional world.
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But by then, Rockmount’s shirts were iconic, Weil relates in his third book about Western apparel and Rockmount.
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