Example Sentences

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It describes a cluster of conditions—heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease—that have common risk factors and fuel one another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

That situation describes the SpaceX lockup situation, too.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

In the 1920s, Schrödinger built on that idea by defining hue, saturation, and lightness within a Riemannian model of color perception, using a metric that describes how people perceive color differences.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

In her article for the site, Sperling describes herself as a Christian and referenced comments made by comedian Katherine Ryan about parenting as a single mother.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Papin’s pump consists of a cylinder with a piston; the piston is sealed by a layer of water, and Papin describes with care how to achieve this.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton