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[dih-skrahyb] / dɪˈskraɪb /


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One obstacle was that previous theory could only reliably describe frequencies below 1 Hz.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

When I met her in person, it was what I could only describe as love at first sight.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Now neighbours describe a street living in fear and say the home has been targeted for more than a year.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Tucker and Brownstein describe her as one of their “biggest inspirations.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

By that she meant reddish, although a person who was accustomed to talking about hair would be more likely to describe it as a rich auburn.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

She said meeting patients in a garden can have benefits compared to seeing them a consulting room and describes the garden as her "happy place".

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Long before she escaped, Molchanova gave Epstein the code name “mishka,” a Russian term that translates loosely as “little bear”—from a popular song that describes a bear who is a criminal.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

The other is the Zeeman effect, which describes the coupling between the magnetic field and electron spin.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 2026

MapQuest — a navigation app that describes itself as the “OG of online mapping” — shot up to the top of Apple’s charts for free apps as more people downloaded it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

He publishes a series of articles, in which he describes Tala as a “graveyard of the living dead.”

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Defensive line coach Giff Smith described the acquisition of Garrett, who amassed an NFL-season record 23 sacks last season, as “a grand slam.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Now, standing above the scarred banks of the river in Nuwakot district more than a week after the disaster, Dawadi described himself simply as "a principal without a school".

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Its design and initial results are described in a new paper published in the journal Nuclear Fusion.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

Scientists at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador have formally described Pristimantis milpe, a common and widespread frog that spent more than a century being mistaken for another species.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 2026

Dodos, as you know, are extinct; therefore, this rather gloomy phrase means that the thing being described is not merely dead.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

After describing a stint on the injured list as “unlikely but not impossible” on Thursday, Roberts said Friday that he was “hopeful, but I wouldn’t say confident,” that Ohtani would avoid the IL.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

“I never wanted this Forum deal. Always knew it was super shady,” Scott Sonnenberg, the Clippers’ chief commercial officer, wrote in a text message in 2022 describing the carbon-offset arrangement, according to the report.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Alliance councillor Alderman Richard Stewart also paid tribute to Norman Irwin following his death, describing him as a "true Coleraine legend".

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

It said an inexperienced third officer was at the helm and there was no lookout on duty, describing it as "serious negligence".

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

There are several more lines of text, describing some of the issues this group has fought for.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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