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descriptive

[dih-skrip-tiv] / dɪˈskrɪp tɪv /


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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

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

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

Skilled descriptive touches conjure the textures of the scene.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

“For a long time, captions have been made by hearing people,” says Stern, who collaborated with d/Deaf/hard-of-hearing artist and filmmaker Alison O’Daniel, whose 2023 documentary “The Tuba Thieves” reimagined closed captioning as a descriptive playground.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

The thing that was descriptive about it, though, was that he had poems written all over the fingers and the pocket and everywhere.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger




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