Thesaurus results for GLYPH

glyph

noun

ˈglif

as in symbol

a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader a rock inscribed with mysterious glyphs that some have speculated as being of Norse origin

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Recent Examples of glyph Across subreddits, cohorts on X, Discord servers, Facebook groups, and even LinkedIn pages, Lopez tracked chatbot enthusiasts sharing codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with AI, and presenting the material as profound glimpses into a shifting reality. —

Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025 The other big menu bar-wide change in Tahoe is that many menu items get their own little glyphs now to go along with the text. —

ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025 Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type. —

The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025 In the process, these scripts shed their ties to physical objects and actions, so that the objects their glyphs once depicted have little or no bearing on their current meaning: the characters in a script are abstract symbols, not descriptive icons. —

Longreads, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for glyph

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But during the unfolding of the historical lunar flyby mission — the first human moon visit in nearly 54 years — Rise also became a symbol far beyond serving as a demonstration of when Integrity left Earth's gravity.

— Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Giving appreciation to your own smile when the symbol of loneliness looks like a dirty mirror.

— Yesika Salgado, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026