cartooning

Definition of cartooningnext
present participle of cartoon

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Verb
  • After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.
    Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Two researchers, Zoltan Bereczki and Robert Bork, took Lechler’s Sacrament House drawing literally and used 3-D software to translate the artistic rendering into a detailed digital model.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The backstory Penang is a mosaic of ethnic influences—the result of waves of immigration that peaked in the 18th and 19th centuries, drawing merchants and laborers from various parts of the world.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Cartooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartooning. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.

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