descend

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as in to dismount
to come down from something (as a vehicle) the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit

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Recent Examples of descend How climate change will impact festivals and outdoor tours remains as unpredictable as some of the storms that suddenly descend upon them. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025 More than 50,000 people were expected to descend on the fairgrounds during the four-day event, according to the fair officials. Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025 Then the Marswalker does its job and climbs or descends a staircase. PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025 This fall Robb Report is gathering some of the greatest chefs in America to descend upon Nashville for the annual epicurean festival that is Culinary Masters. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for descend
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Verb
  • National Weather Service meteorologists consider forecasting waterspouts during the late summer and fall whenever large, cool air masses overspread the waters of the Great Lakes.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Department of Buildings told CBS News New York and News 12 Long Island that a 10-by-10-inch section of the ceiling collapsed due to possible water damage, and pieces of the building fell on customers dining inside.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 112-year-old school building has asbestos and a deteriorating foundation.
    Erica Mosca, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But when the levees failed, thousands of people were trapped inside as supplies dwindled and conditions deteriorated quickly.
    Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The design featured a plunging V-neck design that stopped at her navel, a skirt decorated in fringe and floral appliqués placed throughout.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The graft and fraud investigations signal that state corruption which helped plunge Greece into a 2009-2018 debt crisis persists, despite reforms and tough austerity under three international bailouts.
    Angeliki Koutantou, Reuters, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The new cleat should be particularly appealing to racers – who need to snap back in as quickly as possible after dismounting – and to riders who are intimidated by the learning curve involved in using clipless pedals for the first time.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Bikes of all wheel sizes can be mounted and dismounted with a couple pushes against the tires and a couple releases, respectively.
    Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Yet the vertical bow, panoramic windows, and sloping stern form a design language instantly recognizable within the superyacht landscape.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2025
  • And even though it was combined with regular economy, the cabin felt spacious with ample elbow room in my row and large overhead bins that sloped up, creating the effect of an airy ceiling.
    Jessica Puckett, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That this team won’t crumble in the face of adversity.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Decades of underinvestment have left the country with congested highways, crumbling bridges, crowded airports — and a disjointed passenger rail network that is underfunded and unreliable.
    Ben Jones, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So far this decade — according to Brian McNoldy, a senior research associate at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science — the number of days that lows failed to dip below 80 degrees has already doubled compared to the 2000’s.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Huawei Huawei on Thursday launched the second generation of its trifold smartphone, as the Chinese tech giant looks to cement its comeback in its home market and dip its toe back overseas.
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Light armored vehicles assigned to the United States 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit disembark a landing craft air cushion during a training exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on July 9, 2025.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • If guests disembark remembering a 48-hour rendang or a pavlova as clearly as the coral walls, the strategy has already paid off.
    Lela London, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Descend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descend. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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