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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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2
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
Ruby-Sachs mentioned that Ekō even ran a billboard ad in Times Square earlier this year depicting Musk as a king and advocating for him to be fired during his stint at DOGE earlier this year.
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Jared Perlo, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
Sometimes, it was described as fantastical, depicting unrealistic and strange juxtapositions, as though the black people in his paintings had wandered into a genre or set of conditions totally discordant with what the viewer considered their actual reality.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Everyone in Israel is depicted as a victim of the attack regardless of religion or heritage.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Crowds gathering at the immigration facility in recent days have adopted absurdist protest tactics, including wearing inflatable costumes depicting frogs, unicorns, axolotls, and bananas while facing federal law enforcement.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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Jared Perlo, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
Sometimes, it was described as fantastical, depicting unrealistic and strange juxtapositions, as though the black people in his paintings had wandered into a genre or set of conditions totally discordant with what the viewer considered their actual reality.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Everyone in Israel is depicted as a victim of the attack regardless of religion or heritage.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Crowds gathering at the immigration facility in recent days have adopted absurdist protest tactics, including wearing inflatable costumes depicting frogs, unicorns, axolotls, and bananas while facing federal law enforcement.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depict
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Officers described the shrapnel that dented the patrol car as being two inches by a half-inch.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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That’s how Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley described the state of the automotive industry earlier this year amid geopolitical tensions, tariffs, inflation and other disruptions.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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Protest organizers have trained thousands in de-escalation techniques and have promised the day will be safe, even as political rhetoric characterizes demonstrators as being aligned with terrorist forces.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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The White House regularly characterizes undocumented immigrants as drivers of urban lawlessness, even though the data show that is not true.—
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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But no matter the intent — the intent can be right, but when things get misconstrued, or however the media wants to portray it, that leaves a void of silence and a lot of questions for the guys on our team.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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That pic won Safdie best director at Venice and earned Johnson the best reviews of his career portraying UFC fighter Mark Kerr.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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This case is believed to represent the first use of a material support to terrorism charge against suspects alleged to be associated with the anti-fascist movement.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Experts say the collapse of the talks marks not only a significant blow for attempts to clean up a heavily climate-polluting industry, undermining decades of negotiations, but also represents yet another failure of climate diplomacy.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Depict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depict. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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