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verb

past tense of depict

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of depicted
Adjective
An indirect attack points outside the file, an alibi where the depicted location, person, or event can be falsified by external fact. Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 Expanding on Harris’ short film of the same name, which was acquired by HBO Max following its festival run, Pure is a coming-of-age story set within the rarely depicted world of Black cotillion culture in suburban Maryland. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2026 Despite the Reina Sofía’s many refusals to lend the work to various institutions around the world, its rebuff of the Guggenheim’s request carries a particular sting because the Basque Country has long held that the painting belongs in the place where the depicted tragedy occurred. News Desk, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026 The effects added even more variety to the light and texture of the dense foliage and rocks, making the depicted landscape indistinguishable from real-world photography. Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026 Afterward, attendees poked around for a poster to take, or asked to swap the depicted food items. Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 12 Feb. 2026 As Noah reads to Allie, their younger selves emerge on stage to enact the depicted scenes. Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
Some kids depicted in CSAM ads could not be matched, but ads overwhelmingly depicted preteen girls, TTP reported. Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026 Rome’s cultural superintendent, Claudio Parisi Presicce, said the grandeur of the port city as depicted in the fresco, with buildings, a theater and temple, public piazzas and towers, was particularly well conserved. ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 The devastating waiting that defines infertility is depicted amid scenes of pastoral beauty, and distance. Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026 For the cover of the September 14, 2026, Fall Style & Design Issue, the artist Lennart Gäbel depicted a feeling that every New York City subway rider knows well. Françoise Mouly, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 Well, the internet cooked up the idea that the chant originated from late-1800s and early-1900s imagery and stories that depicted Black children being used as bait to catch alligators. Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026 One of the images depicted the entirety of North America, including Canada, Mexico, Cuba, some Caribbean islands, and Greenland as being part of the United States. Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2026 Kylie and Antonia are depicted as recent college graduates, making Wood and Artrip too old to portray them within the sequel's timeline. Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 The object being depicted becomes a vehicle less for the task of representation than for activity. Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depicted
Adjective
  • If a brand values clarity, for example, its system might emphasize concise language, descriptive actions, a strong information hierarchy and a limited number of competing choices.
    Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The National Association of Theatre Owners changed its name last year to Cinema United, which is more aspirational than descriptive, as Aron — a board member — has a tendency to go his own way.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The modern American Dream is best described as a private bunker where the outside world arrives entirely in a cardboard box or a fiber-optic cable.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Strahan described the chaos in New York City amid the rescue efforts and the accompanying bomb threats and noted that the Giants could still see smoke from the twin towers from the team’s practice fields.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Nevada Independent previously reported on Thursday that the Nevada secretary of state’s office received the seven subpoenas, which the office characterized as being from the FBI.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Latvia characterized the Leipzig attack in even stronger terms.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That was portrayed in some quarters as a mass exodus, one that would inevitably lead to the remainder of Newcastle’s best players departing as well — if not during the window just gone, then next summer.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Beatty portrayed River—the kindhearted fiancée of one of the siblings—until the play closed in June 2024.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • There is no doubt the quality of players that managers have available plays a massive part in how expressive their style becomes but as ideas go, Luis Enrique’s use of his wide players last season definitely set PSG apart.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Hüller is mesmerizing in what initially feels like a silent-film performance, magnificently expressive and physical, before the emotional wallop of the final act.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • For Williams, a Miami native who attended FAMU from 1988 to 1994, Sunday’s Orange Blossom Classic represented something bigger than another football game.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Many of these jobs were previously represented by labor unions.
    The Conversation, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Class libraries and graphical frameworks supplied windows, menus, text editors, data structures and interaction patterns that developers could reuse and adapt.
    Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Her fantastical Biblical scenes, of a graphic, storybook sensibility, sometimes showed angels, and Christ himself, as chalky white, and this rang in some Black critical circles as a sign of backwater unsophistication.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Those who were born may not be old enough to have the vivid recollections of an older generation.
    Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Come fall, particularly October, the woodlands draw fall-color enthusiasts with vivid maples, birches, and beeches.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Depicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depicted. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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