descriptor
noun
de·scrip·tor
di-ˈskrip-tər 
: something (such as a word or characteristic feature) that serves to describe or identify
especially
: a word or phrase (such as an index term) used to identify an item (such as a subject or document) in an information retrieval system
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Ahead of Friday night’s series opener against the Chicago Cubs, Yankees manager Aaron Boone listed the many ways Cody Bellinger impacts his club before settling on an all-encompassing descriptor.
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
The child was still wearing her pink puffy jacket police alerted as a descriptor in her disappearance hours earlier.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
The Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition posted those photos on a billboard with descriptors signifying how those individuals are parents, grandparents, siblings and colleagues of Nashville area residents.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
To many, the descriptor is understood to refer to the Americas broadly, not the United States.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
The child was still wearing her pink puffy jacket police alerted as a descriptor in her disappearance hours earlier.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
The Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition posted those photos on a billboard with descriptors signifying how those individuals are parents, grandparents, siblings and colleagues of Nashville area residents.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
To many, the descriptor is understood to refer to the Americas broadly, not the United States.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
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“Descriptor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/descriptor. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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