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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
Verb
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Perplexity gathers the information, summarizes it, presents it, and takes follow-up questions to dig deeper.—
Samuel Axon,
Ars Technica,
24 Feb. 2025
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In the Thursday and Friday editions, the newspaper summarized some of the responses.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In comparison, Article 2 is relatively short, outlining the powers of the executive branch, which now encompasses the president, his advisers and various departments and agencies.—
Claire B. Wofford,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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This column is our attempt to clinically outline the facts about deficits — and efforts to reduce or eliminate them.—
Axios,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Vance publicly suggested defying a court order, and Musk is increasingly calling for the judges who block the administration to be impeached.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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What's more, history suggests that this path will bode well for them.—
Chris Yogerst / Made by History,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Redescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redescribe. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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