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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
For purposes of this analysis, all race categories depicted exclude individuals of Hispanic/Latino origin.
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Kevin Williams, CNBC, 27 June 2025
And so the violence is not depicted in the film and not structurally the big plot point of the film.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
On June 26, Disney announced via Instagram that Stitch would return in Lilo & Stitch 2 in a video depicting the little critter zooming around Disney Studios’s backlot in his pink convertible with no Lilo in sight.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 June 2025
Authorities also acknowledged a fake TikTok video circulating online depicting Sheriff Mike Morrison announcing Decker had been taken into custody following a long standoff.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
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Kevin Williams, CNBC, 27 June 2025
And so the violence is not depicted in the film and not structurally the big plot point of the film.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
On June 26, Disney announced via Instagram that Stitch would return in Lilo & Stitch 2 in a video depicting the little critter zooming around Disney Studios’s backlot in his pink convertible with no Lilo in sight.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 June 2025
Authorities also acknowledged a fake TikTok video circulating online depicting Sheriff Mike Morrison announcing Decker had been taken into custody following a long standoff.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
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Olsen describes her own workdays, raising four children while dreaming of writing, and watching that dream die.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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The album name had been rattling around her brain for months, born out of years of experiences trying to find the right combination of words to describe her sound to other people, particularly the American media.—
Cat Cardenas,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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Newspapers have characterized the issues as a clash of personalities between the editor and presenter Naga Munchetty, who has herself been accused of making colleagues uncomfortable.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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The caliber is also characterized by a vertical clutch and column wheel mechanism with chronograph minutes displayed by a central hand that jumps forward every 60 seconds.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The latter has portrayed The Waitress — the object of Day's character Charlie Kelly's obsessive, unrequited love — in 37 episodes across 16 seasons of the long-running FX series.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
6 July 2025
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Kenneth Colley, the British actor who appeared in seven features for director Ken Russell and portrayed the Darth Vader underling Admiral Piett in the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
4 July 2025
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Solid-state battery technology represents a genuine breakthrough in energy storage, offering superior performance, enhanced safety and greater resilience in extreme environments.—
Siyu Huang,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Studio Azuki itself represents a joint venture between NFT brand Azuki, Japanese companies Comisma Inc. and Xenotoon Inc.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
1 July 2025
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“Depict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depict. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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