1
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
Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 6 May 2026
The Cartoon Network arrived in 1992, showing the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons Turner acquired.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2026
Our subscribers enjoy unlimited access to more than a hundred years’ worth of New Yorker articles, covers, cartoons, short stories, podcasts, and puzzles.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
One of my favorite New Yorker cartoons is a woman wearing a shirt that reads DKNJ.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2026
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According to court records obtained by USA TODAY, Buc-ee’s says that Teddy’s built its brand around a smiling cartoon animal, similar to its own beaver.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 6 May 2026
The Cartoon Network arrived in 1992, showing the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons Turner acquired.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2026
Our subscribers enjoy unlimited access to more than a hundred years’ worth of New Yorker articles, covers, cartoons, short stories, podcasts, and puzzles.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
One of my favorite New Yorker cartoons is a woman wearing a shirt that reads DKNJ.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cartoon
Noun
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Popular web sketch comedy company Smosh has hired former MTV Entertainment Studios exec Cory Midgarden as the brand’s first-ever chief content officer.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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The trees in his paintings are all built from these different sketches.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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When a family loses a loved one, the team fills the box with fingerprints, hair locks and heartbeat strips.—
Laura Berrios,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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Stair nosings get a strip of contrasting tone, so the edge stays visible when the hallway is dim.—
Amy Kunst,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
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Both a parody of action films and a legitimately great action film on its own terms, this is one of the best genre hybrids of the aughts.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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The film from Picturehouse has over 85K social followers on its parody Instagram account (@bboymalone212).—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
10 May 2026
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This idea of reasonableness is easily caricatured as moral timidity or a bloodless neutrality that drains politics of passion.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Advertisement Commandment 9—Sultan of insult: Reducing complexity to simplicity As a master of the insensitive insult, Trump strips complex adversaries down to simple, mocking caricatures, often grounded in some shred of truth, however exaggerated and caricatured.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
25 Mar. 2026
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Nearly 250,000 other tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $10 to $2 million in the drawing, the lottery said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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The winning numbers for Tuesday’s drawing are 12 – 22 – 50 – 51 – 55 with a Mega Ball of 10.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
6 May 2026
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Nanjiani, who will also appear in the series, Gordon and Chun serve as showrunners and will executive produce the series based on the comic, written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Chip Zdarsky, which was originally published in 2013.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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Described as having shades of the dystopian vibe of John Carpenter classic Escape from New York and the chase-across-America cult classic Vanishing Point, the cyberpunk action comic will tell the story in a way not seen too often in modern publishing.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
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The charm offensive was benefited Rubio peppering in a number of jokes during his hourlong appearance.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
7 May 2026
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Thor is now a circus clown — not even a funny one at that — relegated to being the butt of Star-Lord's unfunny jokes and the least-serious Avenger.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
6 May 2026
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Nichols is no longer named or pictured as a teacher on the high school's website, but the district has not said what the status of her job is at this time.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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Martin is pictured wearing airy dresses, broderie anglaise blouses and a swimsuit bearing a print of a parrot propped on pink hibiscus flowers.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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“Cartoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoon. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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