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as in sketch
a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene
a political cartoon mocking the state legislature
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as in strip
a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story
reading the cartoons in the Sunday newspaper
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as in parody
a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something
in this biopic the life of a complex man is reduced to a cartoon
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Recent Examples of cartoon
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
As the network’s ambitions grew in the 2010s and through the 2020s, creators continued the brand’s tradition of finding inspiration in anime, retro cartoons, public access, entertainment news, and other media considered lowbrow by the mainstream.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
The official logline describes it as a modern reimagining of the popular cartoon show.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
The software firm with a friendly-sounding name and cartoon character named Doug for a logo recently moved its headquarters to downtown San Antonio and closed a $136-million funding round.
—Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Every character has an adorable quirk or two, or at minimum owns a dorky T-shirt with a periodic table joke or a cartoon cat.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
As the network’s ambitions grew in the 2010s and through the 2020s, creators continued the brand’s tradition of finding inspiration in anime, retro cartoons, public access, entertainment news, and other media considered lowbrow by the mainstream.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
The official logline describes it as a modern reimagining of the popular cartoon show.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
The software firm with a friendly-sounding name and cartoon character named Doug for a logo recently moved its headquarters to downtown San Antonio and closed a $136-million funding round.
—Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cartoon
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In recent months, this idea has taken visual form across fashion runways, with brands from Chanel to Acne Studios showcasing childlike sketches, often referred to as ‘naive design’.—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Too bad the moment got wasted with such a clunky sketch.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2026
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Along a quiet strip in Kurashiki, Japan, known as Kojima Jeans Street, denim purists from around the world make their pilgrimage.—
Jessica Binns,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Mar. 2026
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The 15-foot-tall installation was pushed several feet after being cut loose from cable ties and wiring with the strip lights torn off, according to the structure's chief designer, engineer Wid Alsabah.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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How did Jane Lynch wind up in the YouTube ad parodies?—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
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People can appreciate a Marx Brothers movie like Duck Soup, which is a parody of war and a musical.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2026
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For years, national media caricatured our city as a war zone.—
Andy Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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These changes have been caricatured as authoritarian and corrupt.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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At the festival, junior Meka Leach won honorable mention for a mixed media piece and senior Allyson Jeziowski earned honorable mention for her piece in digital painting, drawing and collage.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Since then, there have been 28 drawings.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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But the director there was Ridley Scott, and his streamlined professionalism kept the comic and the cosmic judiciously in check.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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The comic has won three Eisner Awards and spawned an second, best-selling, title.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Later, O’Brien touted a fake company tasked with reformatting movies for smaller and smaller handheld devices, but the joke missed the mark.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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What the joke is, though, is harder to pin down.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Mar. 2026
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Commercial vessels are pictured offshore in Dubai on March 11, 2026.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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Amini was a soccer player on Iran’s national futsal team until 2017, when she was pictured casually playing soccer with some male friends in Switzerland – a crime, she was told by Iran’s governing regime.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Cartoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoon. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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