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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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  • If everyone summarizes the same earnings call with similar models and reaches the same conclusion, speed to consensus is an efficiency gain, but consensus is the opposite of edge.
    — Mamadou-Abou Sarr, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Yet Marcon’s works defy old-world tempos with their pacing (the shots in Monelle, 2017, last no more than a second each), their length (several clock in at under five minutes), and, of course, the seeming ease with which they can be summarized.
    — Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of summarize
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  • The money made from the fee, a document outlining the proposal says, will help the city avoid $125 million per year in future full street reconstruction costs.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The new clinical guidance, released late Thursday, outlines how the program would work.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of outline
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  • Other analyses suggest about 40 percent of amateur athletes playing contact sports show brain changes that are characteristic of CTE, too.
    — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
  • This suggests that even a relatively small submarine caldera could endanger nearby coasts, depending on the nature and speed of its collapse.
    — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of suggest

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“Redescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redescribe. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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