describe
Example Sentences
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The Feb. 28 check for the fundraising gala was described in emails as a tax-deductible donation to the century-old Hollywood charity founded by Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and others.
From Los Angeles Times
The proposed action is part of a plan to close what officials describe as an ongoing structural deficit — meaning that the nation’s second-largest school system is spending more annually than it is receiving.
From Los Angeles Times
Lloyds used what it described as "aggregated, anonymised data" to "ensure compliance with regulations and to reflect common practice of using data to underpin decision-making".
From BBC
It tells the story of their friendship, loyalty and what he describes as wild times.
From BBC
Last summer, fires that burned across moorland at Carrbridge and Dava in the Highlands were described as the biggest Scotland had ever seen.
From BBC
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