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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 graphic
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
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Irina Shayk is the rare model who started in her 20s and transitioned from swimsuit and lingerie modeling to high-fashion pictorials to, nowadays, street style.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2023
James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Historians noted similar murals could be found on other Navy ships from World War II, all of them serving as a pictorial history of each vessel’s adventures and a source of pride for the crew.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
By contrast, animation foregrounds the pictorial, which is its own aesthetic doctrine.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Irina Shayk is the rare model who started in her 20s and transitioned from swimsuit and lingerie modeling to high-fashion pictorials to, nowadays, street style.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2023
Noun
In the most suggestive of the boating pictures, striking points of view establish pictorial intimacy.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Historians noted similar murals could be found on other Navy ships from World War II, all of them serving as a pictorial history of each vessel’s adventures and a source of pride for the crew.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictorial
Noun
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The physical editions are accompanied by liner notes, photographs, and some of Mitchell’s original artwork.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2025
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This edition of Forbes Daily was edited by Sarah Whitmire and Chris Dobstaff.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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An anecdote illustrates this trend: a freelance graphic designer once lost hours to a phishing link masquerading as a payment request.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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Deaths – priest Bernat’s murder opening Season 2, for instance – can be graphic.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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The title track – the last song on the album – does follow a Boss-esque blueprint of vivid storytelling (with the serious true-life recounting of a near-fatal car crash as a teen), but the music leans more Killers sheen than Springsteen muscularity.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
22 June 2025
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Haim’s new album gives vivid shape to a hard-to-define phase. Recipes: Try our recipe for rye shortcakes with strawberry-mandarinquat compote and citrus labneh. Games: Get our free daily crossword puzzle, sudoku, word search and arcade games.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2025
Noun
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These are the best sheets to sleep on, from cotton percale to bamboo and linen.—
Nena Farrell,
Wired News,
20 June 2025
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Federal cuts may fortify the balance sheet in the short term, but state and local economies will be stifled in the long run.—
Dee Stewart,
Boston Herald,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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The exhibition path follows a typological order, bringing together more than 600 photographic works by 25 artists that recount over a century of German photography.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
20 June 2025
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The university itself doesn’t have a lot of photographic evidence of this man.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2025
Adjective
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For historical reasons, this process is misleadingly called recombination − combination would be more descriptive.—
Stephen L. Levy,
The Conversation,
23 June 2025
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Like many of the names in Newfoundland that strike the visitor as humorous or quaint, Squid Tickle is straightforwardly descriptive.—
Robert Finch
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Facing mounting pressure from the press — particularly William Randolph Hearst’s tabloid, The New York Daily Mirror, and its rival, The New York Daily News, which arranged a séance at the crime scene — New Jersey Governor A. Harry Moore ordered the case reopened in 1926.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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And after years of fiercely protecting her private life (and facing incredible scrutiny from the tabloids, who analyzed every move of the Girls girls), Williams is feeling more open to sharing more of herself with the world.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Superhero cinema has dominated since then, and Brad Bird's visual style and humor feel less novel.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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The three balls previously had gone away quite rapidly, and then there was no visual change to that ball.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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“Pictorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorial. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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