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Recent Examples of redescribe
The exquisite remains allowed scientists to redescribe the species since Hallucigenia’s important head and mouth features were observable.
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Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2015
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
Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2015
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redescribe
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To summarize, here are some steps to get started: Self-reflection: Assess your interests, values, and long-term goals.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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What now in Toronto? To summarize: In the first round, the Leafs jumped out to a 3-0 lead against an overwhelmed wild-card opponent and flirted with blowing the series before closing it out in six.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Physicist Matthew von Hippel looks not at the birth of the universe but at its destruction, outlining a disastrous world-ending scenario that makes asteroid strikes and Earth-colliding black holes look like kid stuff.—
Jeanna Bryner,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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On Monday, investors took note of the risks Moody’s outlined in explaining its decision to downgrade US debt to one notch below perfect.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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But others who are familiar with what the program does — and doesn’t do — suggest such claims are exaggerated or false.—
Christopher O’Donnell,
Miami Herald,
17 May 2025
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Pagnol did suggest this idea, to put a tariff on American cinema.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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“Redescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redescribe. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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