redescribe

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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. 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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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