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as in to describe
to give a representation or account of in words
this letter from an eyewitness depicts the battle in greater detail than any other account
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as in to characterize
to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group
the report depicted him as a reliable assistant and an employee who could be entrusted with any task
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as in to portray
to present a picture of
the painting depicts a pastoral landscape on a summer day
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Recent Examples of depict
And a scene depicting a barroom brawl among little people, interrupted by similarly diminutive cops and paramedics, feels like it could have been devised by Buñuel.
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Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
This illustration provided by NASA depicts the Sun-like star TOI-791, background left, and two giant planets that NASA's TESS space telescope discovered in its orbit.
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CBS News,
25 June 2026
For a long time, the lifestyles and foibles of the modest bourgeoisie were a mainstay of art-house cinema, with urbane, upscale audiences happy to turn out to see versions of their own lives depicted on the screen.
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Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
Police recovered surveillance video depicting the incident, which showed Spencer parking in a Food4Less lot in the 100 block of West 87th Street and walking toward where the girl and her family at the bus stop, prosecutors said.
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Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
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Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
This illustration provided by NASA depicts the Sun-like star TOI-791, background left, and two giant planets that NASA's TESS space telescope discovered in its orbit.
—
CBS News,
25 June 2026
For a long time, the lifestyles and foibles of the modest bourgeoisie were a mainstay of art-house cinema, with urbane, upscale audiences happy to turn out to see versions of their own lives depicted on the screen.
—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
Police recovered surveillance video depicting the incident, which showed Spencer parking in a Food4Less lot in the 100 block of West 87th Street and walking toward where the girl and her family at the bus stop, prosecutors said.
—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
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The offender is described as an African-American man between 40-45 years of age, weighing 180-200 pounds, and was last seen wearing a gray/black baseball cap, a light blue shirt, gray pants, and black gym shoes.
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Speaking on the achievement, Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier described the maiden flight as an important milestone for the company.
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Stark White The past few years have been characterized by warm, off-white tones, and in 2026, designers agree that this trend is not set to change.
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The result is a club conceived without the hierarchies that characterize some of its London counterparts—members shaped not by title or industry, but by curiosity and shared sensibility.
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Texts, screen grabs, recordings and other records recovered from a search of Rinderknecht’s cellphones and presented in court portrayed a man who was by turns lonely and livid, angry at billionaires and ex-romantic partners while seemingly scared about his own declining mental health.
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Meanwhile, Krakow portrays protagonist Elizabeth Thatcher, who leaves behind her privileged life to become a schoolteacher on the western frontier in a coal mining town in 1900s Canada.
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Andrew Coffman, an Atlanta employment discrimination and civil rights lawyer, has represented employees and employers and worked as an internal investigator for companies.
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According to the study, the detections represent the most robust evidence of organic material found in Jezero Crater so far.
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“Depict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depict. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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