DESCRIES Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

descries

verb

present tense third-person singular of descry

as in finds

to come upon after searching, study, or effort we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure

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to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes could just descry the ship coming over the horizon

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Protas sees plays that others don’t, and finds seams in the offensive zone quickly.

— Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Based on her own troubled adolescence following her father’s suicide, the novel tells the story of Ann, who, after losing her father in tragic circumstances, finds solace – and trouble – in the Manchester music scene of the 1970s and 1980s.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026

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That specificity has raised alarms because military personnel, intelligence officials, and contractors have privileged knowledge capable of shifting the value of a contract before the public learns it.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026
Each market requires its own evidence and reimbursement pathway—a reality every company scaling medical technology globally learns quickly.

— Erez Meltzer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of learns

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Peel, who is an expert on the Mexican cattle trade, told CNN that screwworm isn’t the primary force behind high cattle prices, and sees the issue as a fig-leaf for a broader anti-free trade agenda.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The 2017 sketch sees Matt Damon claiming to be the father of Kimmel’s child with wife Molly McNearney, and Povich was supposed to adjudicate the dispute.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of sees

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If most people tend to think of the art as the visual or sonic manifestation one encounters, Protocol Art locates the art not in its manifestations but in the work that generates them.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
The medical model locates disability inside the individual, a deficit to be cured, corrected or endured until the person can function in a world built without them.

— Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of locates

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When the camera spots something that matches, or resembles, the image of the target, the drone flies into it and explodes.

— Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Ted first spots her at the reception before the two finally meet at the Farhampton train station afterward.

— Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026

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