1
as in to describe
to give a representation or account of in words
this letter from an eyewitness depicts the battle in greater detail than any other account
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2
as in to characterize
to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group
the report depicted him as a reliable assistant and an employee who could be entrusted with any task
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as in to portray
to present a picture of
the painting depicts a pastoral landscape on a summer day
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Recent Examples of depict
For purposes of this analysis, all race categories depicted exclude individuals of Hispanic/Latino origin.
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Kevin Williams, CNBC, 27 June 2025
And so the violence is not depicted in the film and not structurally the big plot point of the film.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
On June 26, Disney announced via Instagram that Stitch would return in Lilo & Stitch 2 in a video depicting the little critter zooming around Disney Studios’s backlot in his pink convertible with no Lilo in sight.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 June 2025
Authorities also acknowledged a fake TikTok video circulating online depicting Sheriff Mike Morrison announcing Decker had been taken into custody following a long standoff.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
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Kevin Williams, CNBC, 27 June 2025
And so the violence is not depicted in the film and not structurally the big plot point of the film.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
On June 26, Disney announced via Instagram that Stitch would return in Lilo & Stitch 2 in a video depicting the little critter zooming around Disney Studios’s backlot in his pink convertible with no Lilo in sight.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 June 2025
Authorities also acknowledged a fake TikTok video circulating online depicting Sheriff Mike Morrison announcing Decker had been taken into custody following a long standoff.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depict
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The album name had been rattling around her brain for months, born out of years of experiences trying to find the right combination of words to describe her sound to other people, particularly the American media.—
Cat Cardenas,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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Olsen describes her own workdays, raising four children while dreaming of writing, and watching that dream die.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Read: How Ivermectin became right-wing aspirin The devices are emblematic of the self-reliance that characterizes the MAHA movement.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2025
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Public figures and news outlets, then and now, have characterized it this way.—
David Wright Faladé,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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Oh Ae-sun (played by K-pop superstar IU, who also portrays Ae-sun’s daughter Geum-myeong) is a poor but ambitious girl who grows up on South Korea’s Jeju Island in the 1950s and 1960s.—
Regina Kim,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The feds’ case portrayed the mogul as a ruthless and micromanaging boss who, during the two decades before his September 2024 arrest, abused his larger-than-life status in the industry to control his employees and lovers alike through violence and intimidation.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
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The sculpture, made from a single 1,000-lb. block of Bianco Altissimo marble, represents one of the company’s rigid-inflatable hulled speed boats.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
20 June 2025
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Certain teams are acutely feeling the limitations right now due to injuries and some players leaving to represent their home countries in the EuroBasket international tournament, which started on Wednesday.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
20 June 2025
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“Depict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depict. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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