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consisting of or relating to pictures
that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa
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producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description
she writes a very pictorial kind of poetry, using words the way a painter applies strokes of color
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Recent Examples of pictorial
Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
Sixty years later, the 214 fells featured in the pictorial guides are now known as the Wainwrights, and walkers collect them like Coloradans collect fourteeners.
—Steven Potter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2022
And your pictorial really brings it home.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
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Adjective
Marlowe’s pictorial textiles resemble nothing like the usual Navajo motifs.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
Sixty years later, the 214 fells featured in the pictorial guides are now known as the Wainwrights, and walkers collect them like Coloradans collect fourteeners.
—Steven Potter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
Noun
Royal Oak: From Iconoclast to Icon, written by journalist and acting editor-in-chief of Wallpaper magazine, Bill Prince, and published by Assouline, is the first book on the famous AP model in a decade (the last book, mostly a pictorial, was written by Martin K. Wehrli and Heinz Heimann in 2012).
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2022
And your pictorial really brings it home.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictorial
Noun
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The February edition of the survey — along with a different consumer confidence gauge — have painted a more pessimistic picture in recent weeks.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
9 Mar. 2025
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Sign up here to receive in your inbox the next edition of Wonder Theory, brought to you by CNN Space and Science writers Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt and Jackie Wattles.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Matt Parrott,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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If democracy’s survival depends on our supply of graphic tees, America’s future is secure.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Come meet Deborah Smith, a Central Florida artist, who will reveal her perception on the world through her vivid, impressionist paintings.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
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My personal histories are stored as vivid timelines of outfits stretching back to first consciousness; well, style consciousness that is.—
Tom Stubbs,
Robb Report,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For an extra refresh, try a cooling sheet mask or a splash of cold water.—
Micaela English,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2025
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Swipe it on for a quick treatment, or smooth a few pads onto skin to create a makeshift sheet mask.—
Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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View 4 Images View gallery - 4 images The whole mobile world is heading to Barcelona this week for Mobile World Congress 2025, and of the raft of Xiaomi gadgets on display is a magnetic attachment aimed at giving its smartphones a photographic boost.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
3 Mar. 2025
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Now in its 18th year, the Professional Sony World Photography competition rewards outstanding series of work, both for their original approach and photographic execution.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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An abduction must have occurred, the child must be at risk of serious injury or death and there has to be descriptive information about the child, the suspect or the suspect's vehicle.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Now there are 2,234 instances, and counting, of the term being used as a descriptive tag on Steam, the PC gaming marketplace.—
Lewis Gordon,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The British tabloid Metro reported the canister contained laughing gas.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Later, the tabloids dig up the big-brother-to-be’s name: RZA!—
Glamour,
Glamour,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Video game maker Capcom recently highlighted its use of AI to generate visual concepts and proposals for in-game objects to improve game development speed.—
David Henkin,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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One group, however, chose to make a more visual statement through the power of pink suiting.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Pictorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorial. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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