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as in described
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 characterized
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 portrayed
to present a picture of
the painting depicts a pastoral landscape on a summer day
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Recent Examples of depicted
Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
For the counts on which she was convicted, jurors essentially accepted the actions depicted in that reenactment, accounting for the first two felony charges.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Lucy Lawless, who depicted Lucretia, the wife of Batiatus, is married to producer Rob Tapert.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Other Arizonans at the time voiced similar concerns of being depicted as rednecks and hillbillies.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Costarring Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick, Chace Crawford, and Taylor Momsen, the sudsy show depicted rich and young Manhattanites, who were the subject of a mean blogger's tales.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
Trump, meanwhile, is depicted quite warmly.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The government said the bot — named Diella, which means sun in Albanian, and depicted as a woman in traditional Albanian dress — will help tackle corruption in public spending.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
One aspect of Murgia’s world depicted in your film is her passion for K-Pop.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The files depicted children ranging from 2 to 16 years of age.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
For the counts on which she was convicted, jurors essentially accepted the actions depicted in that reenactment, accounting for the first two felony charges.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Lucy Lawless, who depicted Lucretia, the wife of Batiatus, is married to producer Rob Tapert.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Other Arizonans at the time voiced similar concerns of being depicted as rednecks and hillbillies.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Costarring Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick, Chace Crawford, and Taylor Momsen, the sudsy show depicted rich and young Manhattanites, who were the subject of a mean blogger's tales.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
Trump, meanwhile, is depicted quite warmly.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The government said the bot — named Diella, which means sun in Albanian, and depicted as a woman in traditional Albanian dress — will help tackle corruption in public spending.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
One aspect of Murgia’s world depicted in your film is her passion for K-Pop.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depicted
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That's the number that showed up in the national media, in stories that described Phoenix as a hellscape, a place where children burned themselves trying to climb on playground equipment.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Stein described this technique as a form of dissociation—stripping language of the feelings that link it to our shared experience.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The monsoon is characterized by intense heat, surges of moisture and atmospheric instability, creating clouds and storm chances in the afternoon.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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In Minnesota, there are contests for rosemaling, a Norwegian folk art, which is characterized by intricate patterns of flowers and swirls.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
27 Sep. 2025
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Voight portrayed Coach Bud Kilmer, the ruthless football coach obsessed with winning.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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Putin was portrayed as an unsightly troll, who, by an act of magic—a spell cast by the puppet version of Boris Berezovsky, the magnate who helped engineer his rise to the Presidency—comes to appear beautiful and virtuous, the subject of great adulation and deference.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Google’s Search Central guidance and WCAG principles both emphasize making content easy to crawl and understand, using clear headings, logical site structures, descriptive alt text and meaningful link text.—
Ran Ronen,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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On sleep in particular, Whoop is distinctly more prescriptive than descriptive.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Aug. 2025
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The move represented a dramatic reversal after decades of leaders investing heavily in promoting the nickname.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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The comedic cross-country car film, which rescued the reputation of the envelope-pushing company after back-to-back duds National Lampoon's Movie Madness and National Lampoon's Class Reunion, represented a kind of maturation for the brand.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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Kicking off Fashion Month in New York, editors, buyers, and other industry creatives showed how people really dress, and naturally, Vogue’s very own led the way by staying true to their personal style and proving that fashion can be both expressive and lived-in.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
27 Sep. 2025
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Turner also inspired subsequent generations of painters with his expressive use of light, Stein said.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
James Hales Remembering Rogers,
Arkansas Online,
25 Sep. 2025
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That lifetime began in a suburb of Toledo called Sylvania, where he was born the son of a graphic artist mother and an insurance salesman father who took him to a Jimi Hendrix concert in the eighth grade that would forever change his life.—
Otto Rabe,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
24 Sep. 2025
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The book honed Wolfe’s vivid style of writing that ushered in the New Journalism movement of the era.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Saffron Saffron is a spice with a vivid reddish-golden color that has a slightly bitter flavor and is an important ingredient in Indian and Mediterranean cooking.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Depicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depicted. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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