descriptor

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It’s an accurate descriptor considering that Smith, herself, has gone viral for making fancy meals from scratch — even DIY-ing sunscreen — while wearing exuberant fits and a full beat.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025

“Incredibly fast,” boasts the descriptor for this month’s Big Cottonwood in Salt Lake City.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025

The diversity of FATWF’s peer-fans speak to the quintet’s wide-ranging appeal, and the title of their new 11-song album, “Trash Classic,” is a spot-on descriptor of the LP as a whole.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

The district, called The Battery, prefers the grand descriptor of “the South’s preeminent lifestyle destination.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2025

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