describe

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Folan would often describe her early years of marriage and motherhood, in an idyllic white house in a tawny Connecticut suburb, as looking blissful on the surface.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Bankers describe it less as a wave of defaults than as more households falling a payment behind, juggling bills or leaning on credit cards to get through the month.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

"It is not good enough to describe what happened simply as a result of the actions of society," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Gibbons said the crew were also able to describe what they observed when the Moon was dark.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

“Shorting Home Equity Mezzanine Tranches” was just a fancy way to describe Mike Burry’s idea of betting against U.S. home loans: buying credit default swaps on the crappiest triple-B slices of subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis