description
Example Sentences
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“A soaring two-story glass conservatory, expansive living and dining rooms, and an open-concept kitchen with sliding glass doors invite seamless indoor-outdoor living while overlooking the skyline,” the description went on.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
The latter is baked into the law as a discretionary grant that is, despite USCIS’s description of it as an “extraordinary relief,” closer to the norm.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
His bombed-out inner life matches his description of Rotterdam so closely that it can’t help but seem like a projection.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
He also edited the description of the vehicle to a van, with security and navigation systems and a television removed from the financial record.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Dr. Harlow notes her description of how Phineas would entertain them "with the most fabulous recitals of his wonderful feats and hairbreadth escapes, without any foundation except in his fancy."
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Vocabulary lists containing description
PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 3
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