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.
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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
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By the time a signal travels from the people doing the work to the people leading the organization, it’s been filtered, summarized, and optimized at every layer in between.—
Adrienne Down Coulson,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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Markey sent Amazon a letter in October 2025 asking how Familiar Faces works, and summarized Amazon’s responses in a February 2026 letter that repeated his call to end Familiar Faces.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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By then, analysts outlined how the NDAA’s provision to arm Iraq with equivalent systems could ultimately scupper any Kurdish acquisition, or at least delay it indefinitely.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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The program currently requires companies to submit a plan to the EPA outlining safety precautions, hazard assessments in the case of an accidental release and emergency response steps.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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The latest exchange of strikes between the United States and Iran suggests that a deal may yet be some way off.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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The document suggests that Patriot Front is increasingly seeking to appeal to these groups and forge alliances with them.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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“Redescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redescribe. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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