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as in depictions
a vivid representation in words of someone or something
we immediately recognized the man from our cousin's description of him
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as in types
a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common
fixes small appliances and other things of that description
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Recent Examples of descriptions
The majority of these crimes were matched up by his descriptions of the crime scene.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
These descriptions mirror the allegations that Jane Doe made in her 2016 lawsuit.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
Scale authentically without losing your voice Put your principles, tone, and quirks into full descriptions.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Full character descriptions for the new additions can be found below.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
Keep scrolling for a first look at the new line and official descriptions, and for exclusive photos of Galitzine, Mendes, and Brie with their action figures.
—Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
Officers eventually identified Shaw as the woman involved in the case and found the vehicles — a 2018 gray Ford F150 and a 2020 gray Jeep Grand Cherokee — at her home that matched the descriptions and the photos provided by the Walmart employee.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
The experience would imbue the descriptions of crime in his mystery novels.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Job descriptions aren’t always accurate.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
These descriptions mirror the allegations that Jane Doe made in her 2016 lawsuit.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
Scale authentically without losing your voice Put your principles, tone, and quirks into full descriptions.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Full character descriptions for the new additions can be found below.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
Keep scrolling for a first look at the new line and official descriptions, and for exclusive photos of Galitzine, Mendes, and Brie with their action figures.
—Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
Officers eventually identified Shaw as the woman involved in the case and found the vehicles — a 2018 gray Ford F150 and a 2020 gray Jeep Grand Cherokee — at her home that matched the descriptions and the photos provided by the Walmart employee.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
The experience would imbue the descriptions of crime in his mystery novels.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Job descriptions aren’t always accurate.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for descriptions
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According to the outlet, the belief is that photos or other physical depictions, such as paintings or film, can encourage vanity and individualism — traits that conflict with their emphasis on humility.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Blanche said Friday that the documents withheld fell into categories that were permitted under the Act to be withheld, including medical files, depictions of child pornography and other sensitive materials.—
Hallie Jackson,
NBC news,
2 Feb. 2026
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The company believes that directional borehole disposal could provide robust and deep isolation for many types of radioactive waste, provide flexibility in repository siting, as well as allow for modular implementation adaptable to specific waste management programs and inventories.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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This recipe combines ground beef and veggies, chewy tortillas, rich enchilada sauce, and two types of gooey cheese.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
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Deuxmoi showed pictures of McRae and Hughes dining at Anton’s in the West Village the month prior.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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In these 2-foot-square pictures, long-haired nude female figures in close Edenic companionship with wild beasts poke their heads out from behind lush tropical foliage, and stare, unsettlingly, straight outward.—
Benjamin Lima,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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That said, the long experience of governments trying to restrict young people’s access to temptation goods of other kinds—drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, pornography—justifies cautious optimism.—
Keith Humphreys,
The Atlantic,
2 Feb. 2026
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Materials of all kinds, including handwritten and typewritten pages and microfilm, are kept in neat rows of archival boxes, some stacked six shelves high.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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My photographs—portraits, landscapes, still lives, and spaces both vast and claustrophobic—reveal cultural double standards and impermanence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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Focusing on Mapplethorpe’s aesthetic research, the exhibition features over 200 works, tracing the evolution of Mapplethorpe’s visual language through themes like portraits, self-portraits, flowers and nudes.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Less popular today, the city was heavily associated with giant neon signs of all sorts during its heyday in the ’90s.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
5 Feb. 2026
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As more EVs flood the market—even during this downtime of sorts—things get progressively more interesting in this segment.—
Cyril Soliman,
The Drive,
5 Feb. 2026
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Since its 2023 debut, the show has resonated for its raw portrayals of participants shaped by divorce, grief, illness and major life decisions.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
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Calvo argued to the Herald that fictional portrayals should help establish a better image of the city, not harm it.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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Those covers may imply genres, but better book covers are based on concepts that reflect the content of the book and signal it to the consumer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Take your pick of genres this week.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Descriptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descriptions. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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