descriptive

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The information companies gather on users can range from internal purchase history, to internet search histories, precise geolocation and descriptive demographics like age, race and class.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

Simple, descriptive lines take on stimulating contours, as in the opening of the first chapter: “Incurably insomniac, Anton Vowl turns on a light.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

It merely stated that, as a descriptive matter, the court no longer applies it.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

Much of her sophomore album “Vanity” has main character energy, and Lovestory’s “Telenovela,” with its extended metaphors of Barbarella bad bitches, “tragica erotica,” and using “su lengua pa cambiar el canal” is the descriptive centerpiece.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

So I told him I would simply write an account of our visit, just as if I were doing a descriptive special article for The Daily Telegraph.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker