as in graphics
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 diagrams
Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The instructions reminded me of my son’s Lego sets in how they were broken down with one simple step on each page, explained using diagrams with few words.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Yeats’s spirals, once dismissed as the wild diagrams of a mystic, now settle over this place like soot.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Gemini’s multimodal engine natively handles short video clips, diagrams, and complex visual reasoning, and demonstrates deep contextual understanding.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
Its responses will include images, diagrams, videos, and interactive quizzes to test and improve your knowledge.
—PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
Belof revealed that one of the autonomous AI agents powering MADA includes the Inverse Design Agent (IDA), which translates natural language prompts and diagrams into complete simulation decks.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
A number of his papers, as with his work on trellis diagrams, reintroduced key concepts into the field that other researchers could then apply.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2016
Verb
Visual learners respond best when information is presented with pictures, diagrams, symbols and colors, and tools like flashcards.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The instructions reminded me of my son’s Lego sets in how they were broken down with one simple step on each page, explained using diagrams with few words.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Yeats’s spirals, once dismissed as the wild diagrams of a mystic, now settle over this place like soot.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Gemini’s multimodal engine natively handles short video clips, diagrams, and complex visual reasoning, and demonstrates deep contextual understanding.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
Its responses will include images, diagrams, videos, and interactive quizzes to test and improve your knowledge.
—PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
Belof revealed that one of the autonomous AI agents powering MADA includes the Inverse Design Agent (IDA), which translates natural language prompts and diagrams into complete simulation decks.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
A number of his papers, as with his work on trellis diagrams, reintroduced key concepts into the field that other researchers could then apply.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diagrams
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Users will also have access to millions of free Adobe Stock assets such as music, sound effects, photos, graphics and videos, as well as Adobe Fonts and Lightroom presets.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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As the walk proceeds through what looks like the flat Midwest, onscreen graphics keep us abreast as to how many miles are tallied and the number of days passing.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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The quintessentially British film also charts the adventures of a group of friends from different walks of life residing in a grand castle-like building and solving riddles together.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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This book charts the fascinating legal drama that turned a nascent abolitionist movement into front-page news.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Each bottle in the Artist Series Collection showcases one of five bespoke watercolor illustrations by Bowers, capturing the spirit that make Heaven Hill Distillery unique.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
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And more often than not, the real experience at home failed to live up to the slick illustrations promised on the sticker of a Sega Genesis cartridge.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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Seating capacity figures are from team and stadium websites, as well as media reports.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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The reason the figures are so low for 1992-93 and 1993-94 is that, as mentioned, the first two rounds in those seasons count as qualifying.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Legislative action The IPS report catalogs a sweeping set of reforms already on the legislative agenda in Congress and in cities such as Portland and San Francisco.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
21 Aug. 2025
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Tolev catalogues the many horrible qualities of the human body with the care and consideration of an obsessive collector.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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The visuals in this eight-minute video, which depicts a section of the Book of Revelation, are entirely generated by artificial intelligence tools.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Retina display delivers sharp visuals, and the Touch Bar adds customizable shortcuts for productivity apps and creative tools.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Sep. 2025
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That sentiment probably rings very true for the devoted fans of the long-running franchise that has included six television seasons and three theatrical films.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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In a nutshell, the report rings the alarm bell every year pointing out that the minimum wage in the country is too low to support a person renting a two-bedroom apartment.—
Roger Valdez,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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In the 1980s, in some states, Cohen said, people would buy tickets to jackpot games with in-person drawings.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.—
Jay Cannon,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Diagrams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagrams. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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