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as in sketch
a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene
a political cartoon mocking the state legislature
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2
as in strip
a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story
reading the cartoons in the Sunday newspaper
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as in parody
a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something
in this biopic the life of a complex man is reduced to a cartoon
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Recent Examples of cartoon
Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Following the sheer popularity of the comics, the TMNT became a global hit, spawning multiple cartoon shows, live-action movies, video games, and more in the 1990s.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The Disney cartoons were awarded a special prize and purchased for general release.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 15 May 2025
The cover art features a cartoon image of Cudi set against a bright blue background.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2025
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Noun
After humans, and arguably before dogs and horses, there is no character more vital to the screen, and more vital onscreen, than the automobile.
Driven or driverless, the car is the most animated of inanimate objects, sometimes literally a cartoon, with a voice, a personality, a name.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Following the sheer popularity of the comics, the TMNT became a global hit, spawning multiple cartoon shows, live-action movies, video games, and more in the 1990s.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The Disney cartoons were awarded a special prize and purchased for general release.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 15 May 2025
The cover art features a cartoon image of Cudi set against a bright blue background.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cartoon
Noun
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Pier Paolo Righi, chief executive officer at Karl Lagerfeld, considers the sketch a true collector’s piece from the brand’s archive, and a great example of the late German designer’s sense of humor.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025
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By turning rough sketches into photorealistic images with accurate materials and trims, teams can visualize products earlier in the process and reduce sampling time and cost by up to 60%.—
Angela Chan-Danisi,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The road south from Khartoum was a black tarmac strip through flat scrubland.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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The strip gained rapid popularity in the 1990s for its humorous take on workplace culture, bureaucracy, and managerial incompetence, resonating particularly with tech and engineering professionals.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Ferrell's Ricky Bobby also serves as a pitch-perfect parody of the ego-driven, preening male protagonists of many a racing film.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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Saturday Night Live's best car sketches, parodies and fake ads Who is in the Season 50 'SNL' cast?—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Yet abroad, Germans are still caricatured as Nazis, and the remembrance culture plays a part by overdoing it.—
Mark Sappenfield,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 May 2025
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Aesthetically, each episode has its own look tied to the personality of the character explored, which allowed Pixar to use lots of caricaturing and cartoony effects through mixed media.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
21 Feb. 2025
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Ticket holders will also be entered into a door prize drawing.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2025
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Tickets for the game cost $1, and drawings happen twice daily, according to lottery officials.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
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The comic became especially popular in Mexico and Spain, both full of exiles from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, all of which had ultra-right-wing regimes at the time.—
Lily Meyer,
The Dial,
20 May 2025
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Eastman and Laird created a comic based on four mutant turtles that possess keen martial arts abilities, which was meant to be a one-shot, but ended up becoming a phenomenon.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Nikki Glaser applauds Joan’s candor about aging and plastic surgery, and Aubrey Plaza retires Joan’s not-so-politically-correct jokes.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Teasing out the joke, Pressley asked if former landscaper Wallen is good around the house fixing stuff.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
12 May 2025
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As his two sons run around its Civil War display, throwing paper darts and speculating on why otters exist, J.B. slips away to the room of paintings by Arthur Dove, an early abstractionist, checks out how they’re attached to the wall and pictures his future winnings.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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What is Magna Carta? 10 of 10 Morris the Alligator, pictured above, died this week.—
Jeremy Engle,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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“Cartoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoon. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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