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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
Literary Hub, 9 May 2026
The New Yorker started putting Target’s red bull’s-eye on its cartoons, a Target runway show was staged at New York’s Rockefeller Center, and a Target pop-up shop was installed on a ferry to the city.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 6 May 2026
Rewriting the script After decades of animating US cartoons, South Korean creatives are eager to tell their own stories.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 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
But there’s Lamar, still going, like one of those cartoons, where a character’s driving nothing but himself and a steering wheel, exposed yet also free, daring to go too far to someplace new.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
For many attendees, the convention is known to be an epicenter and safe space to celebrate anime and cartoons.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
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Hank Kennedy chronicles the Nazi war on cartoons.
—Literary Hub, 9 May 2026
The New Yorker started putting Target’s red bull’s-eye on its cartoons, a Target runway show was staged at New York’s Rockefeller Center, and a Target pop-up shop was installed on a ferry to the city.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 6 May 2026
Rewriting the script After decades of animating US cartoons, South Korean creatives are eager to tell their own stories.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 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
But there’s Lamar, still going, like one of those cartoons, where a character’s driving nothing but himself and a steering wheel, exposed yet also free, daring to go too far to someplace new.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
For many attendees, the convention is known to be an epicenter and safe space to celebrate anime and cartoons.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cartoons
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The drawings will be conducted to determine the first four picks, and the remaining lottery teams will select in positions five through 14 in reverse order of their 2025-26 regular-season records.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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Most applications will likely include supporting materials such as photos, drawings, site plans, and color samples.—
Nicole R. Kurtz,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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To gently keep birds out of your planters, check them often and use subtle deterrents like peppermint cotton balls or shiny hanging strips.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 May 2026
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The pursuit ended through the use of spike strips to stop the vehicle at the intersection of Broadway and Hazel Avenue in Aurora, the release said.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Broadway, top-heavy with musical parodies and attention-grabbing revivals, is having a strange season by all accounts.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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While the show featured many of the same characters, its format strayed from the sci-fi space narrative of Spaceballs and instead was a series of parodies, each episode serving as a satirical commentary on several contemporary hits, such as Lord of the Rings, American Idol and Harry Potter.—
Maddie Garfinkle,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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The costumes Saar made herself for these occasions are also well-documented in the exhibition through photographs and sketches.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Each episode will feature four different sketches.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
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The other women in the friends’ lives — primarily their mothers — don’t fare much better and are reduced to near-caricatures.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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And in mainstream television, Latinos are very often caricatures.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 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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The imagery, made in Haiti, New York, Florida, and her current home of Los Angeles, uses both personal, documentary photographs and more surreal, formal portraits to link Cadet’s personal history to a broader meditation on the Black diasporic experience.—
Elly Fishman,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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Artists in the 18th century would often include a person of color, who would sometimes be imaginary, in their portraits of wealthy white sitters to embellish the painting and highlight the high status of the main subject, according to the researchers.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Tom Brady, who was the victim of Netflix’s last celebrity roast in 2024, made a surprise appearance at Kevin Hart’s roast Sunday to launch a few jokes at the comedian before the night got underway.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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Insults were par for the course at The Roast of Kevin Hart, but some jokes had more acid than others.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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“Cartoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoons. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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