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engravings

noun

plural of engraving
as in etchings

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  1. portraits
  2. representations
  3. depictions
Noun
  • Earlier this year, Detroit Institute of Arts director Salvador Salort-Pons, a scholar on Velázquez who is curating an exhibition on portraits of the Count-Duke of Olivares, published his findings in the Museo Prado’s ARS Magazine.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The portraits will put a smile on any dog lover’s face, but Friedman’s favorite part is hearing people talk about their dog.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of portraits
Noun
  • Both encode information in high-dimensional vectors, transform those representations using matrices and tensors and convert internal states into probable outputs.
    — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • His second grid made clever work of visual representations of typefaces.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of representations
Noun
  • Imitation isn’t always a form of flattery, as evidenced by these stars’ reactions to on-screen depictions of their lives.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
  • At times, Kalshi used the marks of other soccer leagues outside of Mexico instead of generic depictions.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of depictions
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“Engravings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engravings. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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