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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
Focus on recent, relevant experiences and quantifiable achievements instead of lengthy job descriptions.
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
These are links typically found in video descriptions or on LMG’s websites that generate a commission when users make a purchase.
—Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Question vague job descriptions that lack specific responsibilities.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Graphics and Gaming Tests Here are the benchmark results, with descriptions of each test preceding them—first, our usual graphics test suite for laptop reviews.
—Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, many of the descriptions are only in Hungarian, with English translations requiring the use of a QR code.
—Evan Rail, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Some sent stray data—like bits of dirt and descriptions of strange mounds forming in Peru.
—Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Sounds a lot like job descriptions and performance reviews.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The information included launch times for F-18 flights and descriptions of targets.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
These are links typically found in video descriptions or on LMG’s websites that generate a commission when users make a purchase.
—Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Question vague job descriptions that lack specific responsibilities.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Graphics and Gaming Tests Here are the benchmark results, with descriptions of each test preceding them—first, our usual graphics test suite for laptop reviews.
—Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, many of the descriptions are only in Hungarian, with English translations requiring the use of a QR code.
—Evan Rail, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Some sent stray data—like bits of dirt and descriptions of strange mounds forming in Peru.
—Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Sounds a lot like job descriptions and performance reviews.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The information included launch times for F-18 flights and descriptions of targets.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for descriptions
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Each of those originals have offensive depictions of non-white characters (like the Siamese cats in Lady and the crows in Dumbo), and each of their 2019 remakes rightfully remove those depictions.—
Josh Spiegel,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Mar. 2025
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The book contains depictions of characters, both good and evil, in a fairy world.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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After that, Cohen began working with artists like New York painter Will Cotton, known for incorporating candy and various sweets into his portraits.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
13 Mar. 2025
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The original six, all Republicans, are memorialized with portraits in the first-floor Ladies' Gallery, which also displays artifacts and historical accounts of the suffrage movement.—
Alissa Widman Neese,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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Helen Schneider, acclaimed internationally for powerful portrayals in musicals like Sunset Boulevard, Evita, and her one-woman show A Walk on the Weill Side, embraced the complexities of portraying Leonard Bernstein.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Audience fascination with Bernstein and von Karajan, Danish argues, stems from a contemporary hunger for authentic portrayals of human complexity.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Mansell’s score blended myriad genres — hip-hop, electronic, conventional classical — to establish a memorable and overwhelming theme repeating descending melodies as the characters submit to their drug addictions.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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For the first time, PEN America tracked the genres that were banned in schools.—
Jo Yurcaba,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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The second and third definitions aren’t close to a concept of equality of outcome.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Lots of people have different definitions for it.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Seen from above, thin yellow stripes crisscross its head and back like a network, a similar pattern as giraffes or pythons.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2025
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The singer paired the look with a white button-down dress shirt and completed the sartorial statement with a burgundy tie featuring stripes.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Descriptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descriptions. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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