redescribe

verb

Definition of redescribenext
as in to summarize

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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
  1. summarize
  2. outline
  3. suggest
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  • That’s how one top Netflix insider summarized another bloody Monday at the streamer, which saw Dan Lin ousted as the company’s head of film.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Related Stories InCheck reports summarize how a factory’s chemical inventory conforms to ZDHC’s Manufacturing Restricted Substances List, or MRSL.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of summarize
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  • Minutes from the April 19 meeting outlined how the government opted for just one round of readiness checks before launching its emergency vaccination program due to time constraints, instead of the typical four rounds.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Trump’s post outlining a clear plan for construction complicates a federal court hearing scheduled for Monday in a lawsuit filed by the DC Preservation League and two golfers opposing the construction.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of outline
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  • Sanders, one of the left’s leading critics of the AI industry, went a step beyond profit-sharing by suggesting this summer that its companies surrender half of their stock to the government.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Totally suggests the pensive headspace of an adult returning to his childhood haunts trying to make sense of it all.
    — Harry Thorfinn-George, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
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“Redescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redescribe. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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