as in charts
to show and compare the values of variables in a set of data by means of a drawing
They used a computer program to graph monthly rainfall amounts over a period of five years.
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Recent Examples of graphs
Though marigolds and sweet alyssum don’t directly affect each other, sweet alyssum will work to bring in hoverflies and ladybugs, and marigolds can work as a trap plant that graphs pests and holds them for the predatory insects to feed upon.
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Haniya Rae, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
For Aero and traditional strength moves, the machine tracks your power output for each rep and graphs it on the screen in real time.
—PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Our solution was to develop a machine-learning network that graphs the relative depth and spatial locations of all the objects in the scene, then bases the language processing on this scene graph.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Feb. 2022
Haniya Rae, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
For Aero and traditional strength moves, the machine tracks your power output for each rep and graphs it on the screen in real time.
—PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Our solution was to develop a machine-learning network that graphs the relative depth and spatial locations of all the objects in the scene, then bases the language processing on this scene graph.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graphs
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Part memoir, part manual, the book charts the unpredictable journey from side hustle to billion-dollar brand.—
Forbes Books Press Release Official,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The story has been described as a twisted murder mystery that charts the origins of the sinister Vought corporation.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Shakespeare’s comedies especially understand the joy of watching people get trapped in schemes and plots well beyond their control.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Goldman here plots the earnings-revisions trend for 2027 among AI-infrastructure plays, energy companies, the overall S & P 500 and the rest of the S & P outside of AI and energy.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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The World Health Organization estimates that in the West Africa outbreak a decade ago, funeral practices may have contributed to 80% of cases in Sierra Leone and 60% of cases in Guinea.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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Massive changes to Medicaid, the government’s safety-net health program for low-income Americans, passed into law last year could result in 10 million more uninsured individuals over a decade, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates.—
Mike Stobbe,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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The transaction processing at your checkout is fully automated, operating within AI systems that handle millions of payments simultaneously, and computes a risk score based on dozens of features extracted from that single moment.—
Pragati Awasthi,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
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Nothing about the results computes.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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“Graphs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graphs. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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