describe
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Meanwhile, 43% describe themselves as casual followers who engage more with major international tournaments than domestic club football, while just 10% identify as devoted supporters.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The 59-year-old star appeared to take issue with the reporter asking him to describe “Nocturne” in three words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Establishing whether this alternative can describe the actual universe would require determining how well its predictions match astronomical observations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Users can describe business goals, then plugins in ChatGPT bring together the right tools and information to help them accomplish what they want to do, Oracle said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
“If I don’t describe it enough, it sounds scary and binary and I can’t raise the capital.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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She describes her mum as "firm but fair" and very practical.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The concept has roots in Einstein's groundbreaking 1915 theory of general relativity, which describes gravity as the curvature of space and time.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
He describes Pacific Northwest forests—which logging has depopulated of their natural stock and repopulated with rows and rows of identical trees—as having a “hall-of-mirrors effect” that can bewilder hikers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Longtime comedy collaborator Tina Fey describes the moment in her memoir, Bossypants, when castmate Jimmy Fallon turned to Poehler and “in a faux-squeamish voice said, ‘Stop that!
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
I slide my chair away from him and start reading the handout, which describes our twenty-foot wagon and lists the supplies we can choose for our trip out West.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
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He described the control center’s decision as having been made under “inexplicable” circumstances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Grealish's exclusion from Everton's squad before the Carabao Cup tie at home to Newcastle was publicly described as "a breach of club discipline".
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
In a recent research paper, Van Nieuwerburgh said that despite AI being described as an intangible revolution, its near-term economic footprint is “strikingly physical.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Ives described the week as "a tale of two cities for tech investors."
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Brightbill had described the poison tide as winding through the ocean, like a river.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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Burnham made opening No10 North one of his first acts as prime minister, describing it as "the nerve-centre of a rewired Britain" that would help bring growth to more areas of Britain.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“At the end of the day, they are nerdy academics,” Kornheiser said, describing them as consultative and practical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
At the beginning of the study, participants completed detailed dietary questionnaires describing the foods and drinks they had consumed during the previous year.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Dolores thrived on a middle-class upbringing of Girl Scouts, violin lessons and tap dancing, describing her mother’s generosity as a guiding force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Why didn’t I take more time describing the water butterflies to Javier?
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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