descriptor
Example Sentences
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It’s as unambiguous a descriptor as you’ll find and has returned 43% year-to-date—four times as much as the S&P 500.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Soft power” may in fact be the most apt descriptor of a cultural test’s goal.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
That “consume” has become the go-to descriptor for how we interact with films points to a larger denigration of the medium itself.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2026
Thomas Jefferson, who owned a mule named “Dr. Slop,” mimicked Sterne’s style in friendly correspondence, and was among the many readers who liked to deploy the descriptor “Shandean.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Later, octave came to mean a choice of twelve notes, not eight, and we got saddled with the wrong descriptor for ever, but I’ll explain that development when it arrives.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
