descriptive

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Recent Examples of descriptive Sufficient descriptive information is available to assist in their recovery. Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025 Around the mid-1980s, roughly, the wording became more descriptive, illuminating not only what the players did, but how. Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 25 July 2025 There are so many styles of tampons to choose from, but sometimes, their names aren’t the most descriptive. Cody Godwin, USA Today, 17 July 2025 She is known for her immersive and descriptive writing style, often going undercover to review restaurants. Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for descriptive
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Adjective
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Lisa Baker Gibbs, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Shortly after, graphic close-up videos of the attack began proliferating on X and TikTok.
    Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But this more robust communications channel is quite welcome after decades of sterile chatbots and IVR that fail to offer a realistic experience to those trying to reach the top brass of any company anywhere.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The scenario focused on employing the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 2,000-pound Quicksink maritime weapon to destroy a surface vessel under realistic conditions, according to a US Air Force press release published on September 10.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Artificial intelligence offers a vivid example.
    Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • According to the Michigan State University Forestry Extension, the most vivid displays of fall foliage come after a stretch of warm days with plenty of sunshine and cool nights.
    Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Medium-full, this is an expressive style of Franciacorta that offers good complexity, but has very high acidity, and has a lean finish.
    Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Social-media viewers have praised her expressive eyes, earning the clip almost 400,000 likes.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Hotel Jackson is another picturesque option for travelers who want to enjoy the national park without missing the town’s bustling streets, shops, and restaurants.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
  • This picturesque pedestrian-friendly district is enhanced by art installations, outdoor seating, decorative paving, and The Loop, a Grosse Pointe Social District.
    Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This has been driven, in part, by the explosive growth of Google’s Nano Banana model, which allows for image editing through descriptive prompts rather than the more traditional photographic editing tools.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • More to Explore By documenting lushly hirsute Japanese officials alongside their beardless counterparts, portraiture preserved a photographic record of colonial subjects’ visibly inferior status.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Customer service and tech support will provide faster resolutions and more accurate answers.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • That volume of data is impractical to fit theoretical models to deliver large-scale, accurate predictions.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Readers should not rely solely on the content of this article and are encouraged to seek professional advice tailored to their specific circumstances.
    William Jones, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The severity, healing and availability of Purdy’s toe will depend heavily on which toe is injured and what specific part of the toe got injured.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Descriptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descriptive. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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