visual aid
noun
: an instructional device (such as a chart, map, or model) that appeals chiefly to vision
especially
: an educational motion picture or filmstrip
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Specific changes have been made to the Bahrain International Circuit for this year’s grand prix to help spot potential track-limits infringements, with a blue line at several turns adding visual aid to judge such circumstances.
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Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Or to use another visual aid, this kept happening…
How do Hojlund and United fix it?
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Or tore out pages and added them to a list as a visual aid for Santa Claus.
—Dawn Mitchell, The Enquirer, 26 Dec. 2024
For example, a visual aid featuring a new data set could be wireframed without design for the first MLR review.
—Tom Hileman, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Or to use another visual aid, this kept happening…
How do Hojlund and United fix it?
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Or tore out pages and added them to a list as a visual aid for Santa Claus.
—Dawn Mitchell, The Enquirer, 26 Dec. 2024
For example, a visual aid featuring a new data set could be wireframed without design for the first MLR review.
—Tom Hileman, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for visual aid
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“Visual aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visual%20aid. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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