as in portrait
a vivid representation in words of someone or something
the author's meticulous portraiture of a small Midwestern town at the turn of the century
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Recent Examples of portraiture
These pictures can have the feel of both formal portraiture and, because of their accuracy, scientific drawings documenting local animal species.
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Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025
Subsequent galleries explore his landscapes and architectural studies from travels to Italy, Spain, and Morocco and show how paintings of fashionable Parisiennes by Sargent and his peers established a new, more modern kind of portraiture.
—Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
The fervor for Black portraiture peaked and plummeted in just four years.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 8 May 2025
Anything lost through the co-writing is mostly in the realm of portraiture.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
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Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025
Subsequent galleries explore his landscapes and architectural studies from travels to Italy, Spain, and Morocco and show how paintings of fashionable Parisiennes by Sargent and his peers established a new, more modern kind of portraiture.
—Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
The fervor for Black portraiture peaked and plummeted in just four years.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 8 May 2025
Anything lost through the co-writing is mostly in the realm of portraiture.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for portraiture
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Even without all that, L.A. has a raft of problems on its hands, and the close-up at the moment is not a pretty portrait.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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Obama was also ridiculed for wearing a sleeveless dress for her first official portrait, though Jacqueline Kennedy sported the same look during her time in the White House without backlash.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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This story contains graphic descriptions that some readers may find disturbing.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Yet this description is incongruous with the footage being described.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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Swit won two Emmys for her portrayal of the Army nurse — she was nominated 10 times, every year the show was on the air except the first — and appeared on 240 of the series’ 251 episodes during its sensational 11-season run.—
Lisa de los Reyes,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2025
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Felicity Huffman, who starred in the series as Lynette Scavo, earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
29 May 2025
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But amidst this necessary reckoning, depictions of joy and meaning have been lost.—
Samantha Mann,
Time,
5 June 2025
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In a May 21 press release, the Vindolanda Trust identified the depiction as Victoria, the goddess of victory in Roman mythology.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2025
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“Portraiture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portraiture. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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