as in diagrams
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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Recent Examples of graphics
As a remake of the original 2013 PS3 game, The Last of Us was rebuilt with better graphics while retaining an authentic experience.
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PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
Promotional graphics advertising the skillshare show a hammer, a balaclava, and walkie-talkies.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2025
These icons are displayed loudly in graphics splashed across the ball’s panel designs and are also more subtly embossed onto its matte base.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Tech giant Nvidia has dominated the space so far with its graphics processing unit (GPUs), while rival AMD has a smaller slice of the pie.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
McMau began his career as an artist before stepping into animation and motion graphics for television.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
In the video, the dire wolves take center stage in a kaleidoscope-like clip that's full of color and nostalgic graphics, which help chronicle the dire wolves' development over the last year.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Organized in drops, the collection celebrates the carefree spirit associated with the Vespa scooter and is rich in pieces intended to be layered and the brand’s signature emblems and graphics.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2025
Typically originating on a large canvas, the art often incorporates acrylic paint and graphics pulled from old textbooks and newspapers, emergency manuals, and junk-shop magazines.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025
PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
Promotional graphics advertising the skillshare show a hammer, a balaclava, and walkie-talkies.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2025
These icons are displayed loudly in graphics splashed across the ball’s panel designs and are also more subtly embossed onto its matte base.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Tech giant Nvidia has dominated the space so far with its graphics processing unit (GPUs), while rival AMD has a smaller slice of the pie.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
McMau began his career as an artist before stepping into animation and motion graphics for television.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
In the video, the dire wolves take center stage in a kaleidoscope-like clip that's full of color and nostalgic graphics, which help chronicle the dire wolves' development over the last year.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Organized in drops, the collection celebrates the carefree spirit associated with the Vespa scooter and is rich in pieces intended to be layered and the brand’s signature emblems and graphics.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2025
Typically originating on a large canvas, the art often incorporates acrylic paint and graphics pulled from old textbooks and newspapers, emergency manuals, and junk-shop magazines.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graphics
Noun
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The first used Feynman diagrams, squiggly-line drawings that describe how particles move and interact.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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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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These funny, terrifying stories (and the funny, terrifying illustrations, by Maurice Sendak, that accompany them in this edition) are a direct route to the collective subconscious.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
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Full-bodied, able to quickly fill a large room, and enclosed in a (literal) house of glass that’s been dolled up with Aeoniumsky’s heart-warming illustrations, each one is a delight that will make cozy season even cozier.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The songs are bangers, the visuals are bright and engaging, and the women of HUNTR/X are every bit the superheroes that Superman and the Fantastic Four are.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2025
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With the technology becoming increasingly adept at creating convincing crowd scenes, manipulating visuals has never been easier.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
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Its figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants and cannot be independently verified by TIME.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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In September, Border Patrol agents averaged roughly 279 apprehensions per day along the Southwest border — about 8,300 for the month — marking a 95% drop from the previous administration’s daily average of about 5,110 between February 2021 and December 2024, according to CBP figures.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Graphics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graphics. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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