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descriptor

[dih-skrip-ter] / dɪˈskrɪp tər /


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But now, we have really refined down the descriptors—we haven’t taken the poetry out of it entirely; we’ve simplified it.

From The Wall Street Journal

But neither fits the descriptor of an offensive catalyst for a playoff-bound team.

From Seattle Times

CJR’s report also was critical of the media’s “turbocharged” use of intentionally vague descriptors of anonymous sources such as “government official” or “American official,” which he said were often used “to mask congressional leakers.”

From Washington Times

As Colette remarked about “La Naissance du Jour,” a book she designated by no other descriptor than “feminine,” “You may have sensed in this novel that the novel does not exist?”

From Los Angeles Times

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is exploring descriptors for genetic population groups that might substitute for historic racial groups when appropriate in genetic research.

From Washington Post