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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.
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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
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
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Use it to summarize lecture notes.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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The department said in a statement that most of the incidents summarized in the report took place more than three years ago.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Look for a backward question mark leaning to the left that outlines the chest and head of the lion.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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Chief Engineering Officer Kevin Dwyan outlined the railroad’s response.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The committee suggested that some tour participants may have been examining security measures.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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Using fresh data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have produced the most precise measurements yet of the solar system’s largest planet, showing that Jupiter is slightly smaller and more flattened than earlier estimates suggested.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Redescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redescribe. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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