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as in drawings
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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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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Recent Examples of cartoons
Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
But his cartoons, and some early stabs at photography, were not enough to get him into a local art school.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Beyond confronting the legacy of the Pinochet years, The Clinic critiqued subsequent administrations of various political stripes and also ran interviews with everyday people, investigations into issues like the adulteration of street drugs, as well as cartoons and joke columns.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 27 Mar. 2026
Laymon cross-stitched images from the Wonder Woman cartoons.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Other marketing jobs on RentAHuman seem equally pointless, like a $25 street promo for a cryptography startup, or a $5 job reviewing AI generated cartoons.
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 25 Mar. 2026
There are no Saturday-morning cartoons anymore, because who cares what’s on at what time?
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Instead, first-time director Fergus Campbell drops us directly into Cleo’s world — no parents, no rules and every authority figure is obscured, like the unintelligible adults in Peanuts cartoons.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
Pairing their Tiny Desk set with four new songs, the album was accompanied by a short film that turned them into grotesque cartoons of themselves, alternating between looksmaxxing and airbrushed, doll-like looks reminiscent of the Backstreet Boys’ turn-of-the-millennium aesthetic.
—Maria Nenet Barrios, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
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Join Yvonne Escalante and Lauren O’Connor-Korb who drew inspiration from the toys and cartoons from their childhood and how they are engrained in social constructs.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
But his cartoons, and some early stabs at photography, were not enough to get him into a local art school.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Beyond confronting the legacy of the Pinochet years, The Clinic critiqued subsequent administrations of various political stripes and also ran interviews with everyday people, investigations into issues like the adulteration of street drugs, as well as cartoons and joke columns.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 27 Mar. 2026
Laymon cross-stitched images from the Wonder Woman cartoons.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Other marketing jobs on RentAHuman seem equally pointless, like a $25 street promo for a cryptography startup, or a $5 job reviewing AI generated cartoons.
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 25 Mar. 2026
There are no Saturday-morning cartoons anymore, because who cares what’s on at what time?
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Instead, first-time director Fergus Campbell drops us directly into Cleo’s world — no parents, no rules and every authority figure is obscured, like the unintelligible adults in Peanuts cartoons.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
Pairing their Tiny Desk set with four new songs, the album was accompanied by a short film that turned them into grotesque cartoons of themselves, alternating between looksmaxxing and airbrushed, doll-like looks reminiscent of the Backstreet Boys’ turn-of-the-millennium aesthetic.
—Maria Nenet Barrios, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cartoons
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Three tickets from South Florida split the only jackpot won among Friday’s Mega Millions, Fantasy 5 and Jackpot Triple Play drawings.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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On Tuesday night, the video board in left field at Wrigley Field featured a vignette asking people to guess a Chicago Cubs player based on kids’ drawings.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Customers can order $5 fish tacos, the $10 New England-style poutine with clam chowder, bacon, two types of cheeses, fries and clams, $10 coconut chicken strips and an $11 smash burger.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The artist created these tabletop works by slicing disks of walnut into identically sized strips and reassembling the pieces to form undulating fans.—
Katherine Rochester,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
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How did Jane Lynch wind up in the YouTube ad parodies?—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
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Countless memes and parodies have circulated online.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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Whale lusts after a hunky gardener (Brendan Fraser) and persuades him to pose for a few sketches; Julian, though bisexual, expresses no such interest in Lori, and any art-making turns out to be a gratifyingly mutual endeavor.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Fast cuts, wild sketches, punchlines flying like confetti.—
Jeremy Helligar,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
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While some celebrants have greeted these caricatures with cathartic jeers and sneers, others are shocked and outraged.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Apr. 2026
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There will also be hands-on creative activities for people of all ages, including printmaking, henna and glitter tattoos, foam crafts, sand art, caricatures, and more.—
Alyson Rodriguez,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Miss Manners pictures your guests, looking forward to a pleasant evening with you, being confronted with your suggestions.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
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After all, no one pictures a futuristic city cloaked in exhaust fumes.—
Alex Hewitt,
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Jan. 2026
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Outside of City Hall on Thursday morning, a black van with a mobile billboard displayed portraits of Metayer Bowen and bouquets of flowers were left on the walkway outside the building.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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Elsewhere, Paula Rego’s two self portraits from 2017 show the artist howling through expressive pastel strokes.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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TikTok Reacts Viewers flooded the comments with theories and jokes.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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On social media, make jokes that don’t follow logic or build toward a punch line, but rather rely on jump cuts and endless captions.—
Emily Menez,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Cartoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoons. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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