cartoons 1 of 2

plural of cartoon
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as in strips
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 parodies
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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cartoons

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cartoon

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Noun
  • So says French artist JR, whose portraits of refugee children will go on display from Friday to April 19 as the inaugural exhibition at the new London branch of Perrotin, located on Brook’s Mews in Mayfair.
    Miles Socha, WWD, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The original six, all Republicans, are memorialized with portraits in the first-floor Ladies' Gallery, which also displays artifacts and historical accounts of the suffrage movement.
    Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Each of those originals have offensive depictions of non-white characters (like the Siamese cats in Lady and the crows in Dumbo), and each of their 2019 remakes rightfully remove those depictions.
    Josh Spiegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The book contains depictions of characters, both good and evil, in a fairy world.
    Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Cartoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoons. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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