as in illustration
something that visually explains or decorates a text
the use of graphics in the text of the dictionary helps to break up the visual monotony of the page
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also graphical
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as in vivid
producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description
the report offered many graphic details about the devastating earthquake that rocked the area
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as in visual
consisting of or relating to pictures
got a degree in graphic design
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Recent Examples of graphic
Kif Leswing, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Spotify also shared a graphic of the same design on Instagram, captioning it simply with a key emoji and flaming heart.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Duties include building functioning modeling simulations, developing software tools and testing graphic workloads.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
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Noun
OpenAI said last week that Nvidia would take an equity stake worth up to $100 billion in the AI startup, and would build hundreds of billions of dollars worth of data centers filled with Nvidia graphics processing units.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Spotify also shared a graphic of the same design on Instagram, captioning it simply with a key emoji and flaming heart.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Koy and her husband, 27-year-old graphic designer Kimchean Koy, are based in Wood County, West Virginia.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Duties include building functioning modeling simulations, developing software tools and testing graphic workloads.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graphic
Noun
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Names have been changed and illustrations are anonymous to ensure their safety.—
Carlotta Dotto,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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The photograph—one of a series of some 52 large and 101 smaller stereo views Gardner made around the fort—appears as a seemingly self-explanatory illustration in books about the Indian Wars.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The book honed Wolfe’s vivid style of writing that ushered in the New Journalism movement of the era.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Saffron Saffron is a spice with a vivid reddish-golden color that has a slightly bitter flavor and is an important ingredient in Indian and Mediterranean cooking.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But Masumura’s manner is raw and harsh, a cinematic parallel to pulp fiction, with intense emotional and physical violence, candid and heated eroticism, hectic performances, and luridly skewed visual compositions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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The company has been systematically integrating AI into its entire content value chain, from script analysis and green-lighting decisions to postproduction and visual effects.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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The critical point represents a unique location on the nuclear phase diagram.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For Farley, who marks his fifth anniversary as CEO on Wednesday, there have been industry-wide problems to deal with, as well as Ford-specific issues that the company is still in the process of navigating.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Depending on specific risk factors, providers may recommend one or more of these tests.—
Dr. Megha Gupta,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Outside, artist Andy Nguyen introduced cyanotype artwork, a photographic process that creates a blue and white image from a mix of sun exposure and chemicals.—
Lauren Uppal,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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The caller also picked out Flores Barrientos from a photographic lineup, police said.—
Alexandra Hardle,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Rehabilitation A week after Manes’ departure, Johnson posted the image of himself posing with Bukele and their families in front of a Christmas tree.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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When police released images of the weapon, Robinson’s father texted his son, asking for a picture of the gun, according to the charging document.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Yeager was one of Hef’s go-to photographers, shooting eight centerfolds along with pictorial spreads.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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Check out the department’s pictorial HERE (and don’t miss the pirate).—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
23 July 2025
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“Graphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graphic. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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