1
as in lectures
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject
an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare
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also discants
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as in madrigals
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as in observations
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Verb
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Assistive listening studies report that bypassing room acoustics and delivering audio directly can improve signal‑to‑noise ratios by 15–20 dB, making announcements comprehensible and lectures clearer [8].—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Feb. 2026 -
Simon Maghakyan lectures on the 20th anniversary of the destruction of Djulfa in December 2025.—
Simon Maghakyan,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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As the crowd chants largely out of sight, heavy automatic gunfire can be heard for 15 uninterrupted seconds.—
Marin Scott,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Barmy Army chants restart as the England players partly walk over to applaud them.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Researchers are excited about gravitational waves because these spacetime ripples constitute an entirely new way to study the universe, independent of the electromagnetic radiation (light) upon which most other astronomical observations rely.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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The researchers hope to further study IRAS 05189-2524 with XRISM, as well as collect observations with the forthcoming NewAthena spacecraft, set to be the largest X-ray observatory ever built.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Chief Calvin Standing Bear (Sicangu and Oglala Lakota) speaks a prayer over the bronze bison.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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There was also another dynamic quietly at play—one that speaks to the changing profile of sports ownership itself.—
Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Avendaño sings this L’Oréal mascara ‘s praises, zooming in on its easy-to-remove formula and effective brush.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
18 Mar. 2026
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Miles Caton’s character, Sammie, sings and strums the guitar as the spirits of Black musicians and performers — past, present and future — weave through the juke joint.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The historic release agreed so far, once completed, will reduce emergency supplies in IEA countries by only about 20%, the agency’s executive director Fatih Birol said in broadcast remarks.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
17 Mar. 2026
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Below are Smart’s full remarks from his opening press conference.—
Connor Riley,
AJC.com,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Figure out how the finance team operates, how the field team talks, how the executives want information delivered.—
Dennis Kozak,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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The trio talks a lot about prep school hockey, which is beginning to change amid broader changes at the college hockey level.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Presented by the Choral Consortium of San Diego, the festival on Saturday will feature 15 choruses from all over the region, including Baja California.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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But, unlike James Murphy, Styles would never wait three minutes to drop drums for just two full choruses.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Descants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descants. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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