How to pronounce descent in American English
“descent” pronunciation by American speakers
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“descent” in real sentences — American speakers
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entry descent and landing.
NASA
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including arrivals that use a continuous idle descent, called optimized profile descent, or OPD.
FAA
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descent module as they separate.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “descent”
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Why real speech
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