as in illustration
something that visually explains or decorates a text
the explanation of the process of photosynthesis is accompanied by a very useful diagram
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Recent Examples of diagram
Jayson Stark, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Coloring Concepts approaches that possibility through a kinesthetic design, words, and diagrams that invite the user to trace, label, and then color.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Any possible manipulation of a knot diagram that does not fundamentally change the knot can be achieved by a series of three operations called Reidemeister moves.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
One big advantage of this tool is that the mathematical operations describing the forces between particles can be visualized as diagrams.
—Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
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Come for the Charley Steiner narration but definitely stay for the black and white diagrams.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Coloring Concepts approaches that possibility through a kinesthetic design, words, and diagrams that invite the user to trace, label, and then color.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Any possible manipulation of a knot diagram that does not fundamentally change the knot can be achieved by a series of three operations called Reidemeister moves.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
One big advantage of this tool is that the mathematical operations describing the forces between particles can be visualized as diagrams.
—Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diagram
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Each page features full-color illustrations and only a few lines of text, making Xolo an excellent pick for reluctant readers, graphic novel lovers, and kids who’ve just begun to find their way into longer stories.—
Caroline Carlson,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Photo illustration of the YouTube TV logo displayed on a smartphone, with the YouTube logo in the background.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The 3-foot-wide (1 meter) descent probe will fall to the surface of Venus and catalog its punishingly thick atmosphere and sulfuric acid-laden clouds along the way, as well as take some images of Venus' surface terrain.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Pritzker has established a commission to catalogue potential abuses.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Daisy Jones & the Six themselves became the first fictional act from a movie or TV series to debut at number one on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart or hit the summit of the iTunes Top Albums chart.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement Her victory also carries national implications for Democrats, who are struggling to chart a path between progressive energy and centrist caution ahead of the 2026 midterms.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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But the recent debut definitely distinguishes itself a little from the typical oversized American white trailer box splashed with generic swoosh graphics.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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Fox Sports also played into the rap beef following the Dodgers' Game 7 victory as the network shared a graphic of Lamar in a Buick Grand National while Drake is left in the smoke.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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If instead the COLAs had been indexed to the CPI-E over that period, their benefits would be $1,622 now, or just 1% more, according to Sprick.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Kickstarter campaign will also debut the Fangoria Digital Archive, a fully searchable, indexed, interactive, remastered collection of the magazine’s complete original run (Issues 1–344).—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The kind where communication feels electric and aligned, where conversations don’t loop in circles but actually go somewhere.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
2 Nov. 2025
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Trails will loop through the park and its open areas, connecting with the nearby Crossings municipal golf course and adjacent neighborhoods.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The group was encased in wrap-around screens projecting visuals of their performance and only barely visible as the slow-burn groove of the song unfurled over beautifully overlapping guitars.—
Daniel Dylan Wray,
Pitchfork,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Museu Afro Brasil houses some 6,000 artifacts telling this layered story through incredible visuals.—
Jade Moyano,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The ratings group classifies 17 Republican Senate seats as solid Republican, with only two likely Republican and one as leans Republican.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Furthermore, policymakers and procurement officials now classify technologies by urgency.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Diagram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagram. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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