descriptions

plural of description

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of descriptions Horn didn’t disagree with those descriptions, but said Dowdle’s skill set is more layered. Joseph Person, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025 The 89-minute film also featured Swift's descriptions of each song playing before lyric videos for the new tracks. Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025 Full character descriptions can be found below. Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025 Check the price per unit, product descriptions, and product photos for quality clues. Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025 The following story contains details, descriptions and/or images of violence that may be disturbing to some readers. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025 Some 911 callers, whose voices have been altered to protect their identity, provided descriptions of the suspect, with one describing him as wearing an orange hoodie. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025 To some, like Steve Visconti, the CEO of cybersecurity company Xiid, AI is a tool that could be used to help fill gaps in job descriptions. Caroline Nihill, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025 Pierce also reportedly told professors that any mentions of trans identity must be taken out of course descriptions, while textbook chapters on trans identity must be omitted entirely. Abby Monteil, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for descriptions
Noun
  • This article discusses Ed Gein’s crimes, as well as transphobic depictions of them on screen.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
  • Many conservative critics appear to have homed in on its depictions of the latter with the most myopic lens possible.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One site, as reported by Phys, had a distinct path, whereas another lacked these types of markers.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
  • These types of cases focus on if there's an expectation of privacy.
    Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The only thing neighbors’ cameras will share are pictures and clips of dogs that could be yours.
    Mike Feibus, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The reporter had already sent me pictures and audio recordings, promising a complete draft by Monday night.
    Zahra Nader, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Smoking of all kinds, including e-cigarettes, is prohibited.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Yet most of those families are still systematically behind due to racial inequality, and Black families, of all kinds, are facing discrimination that leads to higher suspension and expulsion rates in school, lower on-time high school completion rates, and not enough financial resources.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The same could be said of Piccioli, whose muses include the French actor Isabelle Huppert — portraits of whom were shared as a teaser prior to the show.
    Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • On Instagram through the years, he's shared many glimpses into that time in his life, from school portraits and prom pics to Christmas memories and beyond.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Iamaleava created a ritual of sorts on third downs.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Simmons also used a metaphor of sorts.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • From the modernist, Black figuration of Kwami’s ceramics to Abban’s documentary portrayals of Ghanaian protest movements and architecture, these artists responded to the distinctive, pedestrian layers of postcolonial life.
    Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Women artists within the movement often drew on its dreamlike language to counter male surrealists’ idealized and objectifying portrayals of women, reclaiming their own agency and identity.
    Sally Jane Brown, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cars from various eras and genres could be seen inside of the garages.
    Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Related Stories The increasing diversification of genres is nothing new in the music space, as the democratization of what’s popular has gradually eroded convention.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025

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