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consisting of or relating to pictures
that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa
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as in vivid
producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description
she writes a very pictorial kind of poetry, using words the way a painter applies strokes of color
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Recent Examples of pictorial
Hannah Malach, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
The film’s pictorial expression remains under the top.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Skims The actor stars in the pictorial, shot by Carin Backoff, with his fiancée, model Abby Champion.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Crawford famously posed for Playboy back in 1988, appearing in a black-and-white pictorial shot by Herb Ritts.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
The film’s pictorial expression remains under the top.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
Bachardy’s self-portraits and drawings of Isherwood pepper the galleries, a confluence that reveals something that should be obvious: Two portrait artists, one pictorial and the other literary, resided for decades in the same household.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Skims The actor stars in the pictorial, shot by Carin Backoff, with his fiancée, model Abby Champion.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictorial
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Kelly Brant,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2026
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Currently, creating those graphic depictions of children is a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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From its booming beginning to its playful passages, the music offered vivid contrasts.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
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Metaphorical thinking enhances learning by linking new concepts to familiar patterns, fostering creative problem-solving among non-experts, and aiding memory retention through vivid imagery, while expanding one's metaphor store through diverse topics can boost creativity in specialized fields.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Welcome to the high school baseball edition of the Fastball, a Star-Telegram series highlighting Fort Worth-area teams.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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The second edition of the event, which runs in the hip Shoreditch district of London from June 1 to 6, has 300 conference sessions on a wide variety of subjects spanning technology, business, health and culture.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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At least, that’s what some people are saying, in a photographic meme that’s been spreading around the internet for years and refuses to die.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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Before joining the team in 2023, Stephen managed the photographic archive for multimedia publisher Future, working on everything from picture editing and content licensing to directing photo shoots.—
Stephen Kelly,
TheWeek,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Written by Italian playwright Stefano Massini as an epic poem and adapted for the stage by Ben Power, the play’s language is lyrical and gorgeously descriptive.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Fiona, the curator, no longer trying to hide her irritation, is insisting the paintings have a descriptive title at the very least.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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But instead, what the public saw was a term sheet that specifies at a very high level, a very weak settlement that really cements Live Nation's dominance, that will cement Live Nation's technology as the preferred ticketing infrastructure.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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White kids were given textbooks, while the Latino kids were given sheets of paper, and there were a lot of racial slurs being used in the school.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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This visual story captures the festival’s scale, atmosphere, fashion and crowd energy throughout the grounds.—
Miami Herald newsroom,
Miami Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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The visual effect provokes strikes, but the vibrations also stimulate the receptors in a bass's lateral line.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
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Loren is the founding editor of the art and literary conceptual ‘tabloid’ On The Rag and curator of the reading series Casual Encountersz.—
Sammy Loren,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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The tabloid claimed Mama Kelce is getting 9 windows replaced, while the woman in question said she’s got 16 of those bad boys en route to her modest Florida home.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Pictorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorial. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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