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Recent Examples of two-dimensional
Kirby transformed superheroes from two-dimensional cops with capes into layered, conflicted individuals.
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Michael Callahan, Air Mail, 10 May 2025
Big cars, bigger trucks, two-dimensional women, recalcitrant men.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
Unlike two-dimensional video calls that miss the nuance of in-person interactions and can be mentally draining, spatial computing offers immersive, interactive spaces that better replicate face-to-face cooperation.
—Hemant Madaan, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
The work of flattening out three-dimensional sculpture into a two-dimensional painting was analogous to intellectualizing and abstracting Blackness as media became more mobile in the early twentieth century.
—Delinda Collier, Artforum, 1 May 2025
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Michael Callahan, Air Mail, 10 May 2025
Big cars, bigger trucks, two-dimensional women, recalcitrant men.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
Unlike two-dimensional video calls that miss the nuance of in-person interactions and can be mentally draining, spatial computing offers immersive, interactive spaces that better replicate face-to-face cooperation.
—Hemant Madaan, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
The work of flattening out three-dimensional sculpture into a two-dimensional painting was analogous to intellectualizing and abstracting Blackness as media became more mobile in the early twentieth century.
—Delinda Collier, Artforum, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for two-dimensional
Adjective
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Storms are the most common cause of lightning, but lightning strikes have been observed in volcanic eruptions, surface nuclear detonations and during heavy snowstorms even.—
Joyce Orlando,
The Tennessean,
2 Aug. 2024
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When values fail to align, problems surface, even in organizations committed to developing leaders through coaching.—
Mitch Mitchell,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Full look: Burberry; socks: stylist’s own Gorka Postigo The phenomenon of celebrities speaking out about current events can sometimes feel superficial, but Ramsey is quick to affirm the opposite of Pascal.—
Peyton Dix,
Them.,
27 May 2025
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Some journalists refused to use AI for anything more than superficial interview transcription, while others use it broadly, to edit text, answer research questions, summarize large bodies of science text, or search massive troves of data for salient bits of information.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 May 2025
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“Two-dimensional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two-dimensional. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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