redescribe

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Recent Examples of redescribe Her own project is not to erase those incisions—or even, as a child might hope, to heal them—but to retrace and redescribe them. Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021 The exquisite remains allowed scientists to redescribe the species since Hallucigenia’s important head and mouth features were observable. Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redescribe
Verb
  • To summarize, the protagonist, lost in hopeless days, eventually stumbles upon a deserted dance hall.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In the moment that summarizes one of Good News’ thematic throughlines, Nobody is speaking to Seo Go-myung (Weak Hero Class 1’s Hong Kyung), an ambitious Air Force lieutenant who is as close to an audience surrogate as Good News gets.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the Defense Department’s press office, which outlined the new rules last month, reporters covering the Pentagon must sign a pledge not to obtain or use unauthorized material (even if the information is unclassified).
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Let’s start by outlining the situation that motivated inflation, what the idea of inflation is, and what the theory does (and doesn’t) predict, both generically and in gory detail.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Adam Weirib of Yanks Go Yard recently suggested the Yankees could look to swing a trade for Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
  • This could help explain why some research suggests that kombucha may not affect blood sugar as much as other drinks with similar sugar content.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Redescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redescribe. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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