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descriptions

  • plural
    of description.
    description
    noun
    a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.

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Overall, compared with historic versions of such job descriptions, there are 30% more references to AI on user profiles today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

When the researchers compared participants' descriptions of waking life with their dream reports, they found that the brain did not appear to reproduce daily experiences exactly as they happened.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

All of these descriptions line up with Rogers' strengths.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Mr. Dillon intersperses his more academic chapters with occasional descriptions of Shanghai’s neighborhoods, temples and shops as they appear today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Somehow, the game’s simple two-sentence room descriptions were able to conjure up vivid images in my mind’s eye.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline