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as in describes
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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as in characterizes
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 portrays
to present a picture of
the painting depicts a pastoral landscape on a summer day
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Recent Examples of depicts
At certain angles, the photo’s dark backdrop allows viewers to see the reflection of former President Barack Obama’s portrait that depicts him surrounded by greenery and flowers representing Chicago and Hawaii.
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Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
This brooch is made from platinum, diamond, ruby and enamel and depicts a crying eye set in a clock.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There is no distance at all between what Kaouther Ben Hania depicts and now.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Carpenter spoke with Morning Edition host Leila Fadel about the challenges of relationships, her controversial album cover, which depicts her kneeling beside a man who is pulling her hair, and the new songs featured on the album.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Directed by Van Sant and written by Austin Kolodney, the film depicts the real-life 1977 hostage situation carried out by Tony Kiritsis (Skarsgård), who kidnapped his bank mortgager (Dacre Montgomery) and then demanded $5 million, no charges or prosecution and a personal apology for wronging him.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
After Carpenter debuted the cover for her seventh studio album in June, some critiqued the image, which depicts the singer on her knees in a black dress as a man stands out-of-shot, clutching onto her hair.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Northrop’s concept, revealed earlier this summer, depicts a sleek, organic shape without canards, emphasizing extreme stealth.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
The new movie, based on Maggie O'Farrell’s 2020 novel, depicts a fictional account of the English playwright’s life.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
This brooch is made from platinum, diamond, ruby and enamel and depicts a crying eye set in a clock.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There is no distance at all between what Kaouther Ben Hania depicts and now.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Carpenter spoke with Morning Edition host Leila Fadel about the challenges of relationships, her controversial album cover, which depicts her kneeling beside a man who is pulling her hair, and the new songs featured on the album.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Directed by Van Sant and written by Austin Kolodney, the film depicts the real-life 1977 hostage situation carried out by Tony Kiritsis (Skarsgård), who kidnapped his bank mortgager (Dacre Montgomery) and then demanded $5 million, no charges or prosecution and a personal apology for wronging him.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
After Carpenter debuted the cover for her seventh studio album in June, some critiqued the image, which depicts the singer on her knees in a black dress as a man stands out-of-shot, clutching onto her hair.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Northrop’s concept, revealed earlier this summer, depicts a sleek, organic shape without canards, emphasizing extreme stealth.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
The new movie, based on Maggie O'Farrell’s 2020 novel, depicts a fictional account of the English playwright’s life.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depicts
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In a study, the team describes how cooling a gas of radioactive atoms to temperatures colder than deep space could synchronize their radioactive decay.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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The document describes workers becoming one with their fiery machines.—
Sonja Fritzsche,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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The title that has become attached to the painting over time curiously characterizes the Virgin Mary by the fruit, perhaps in recognition of her chastity, especially when considered in the context of Persephone’s myth.—
Demir Alp,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Aug. 2025
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Sure, rum is often identified with the sunny beaches and tropical climate that characterizes most of its places of origin.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Hamnet depicts a fictional account of Shakespeare's life with his young family; Buckley, 35, portrays the Bard's wife Agnes, while Watson plays Mescal's onscreen mother as Mary Shakespeare.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Also, why is arthouse pretty boy Louis Garrel, who portrays the leader of a resistance group known as Breakwalls (That’s seriously their name.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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The iPhone Air represents Apple’s response to increasing competition in ultra-thin premium devices, particularly from Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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This announcement represents a major milestone in the software and hardware needed to efficiently process inference queries, disaggregating inference processing into two workloads with a GPU tailored for each in the case of long-context windows greater than one million tokens.—
Karl Freund,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Depicts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depicts. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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