Thesaurus results for HIEROGLYPH

hieroglyph

noun

Definition of hieroglyph

as in image

a pictorial character used in hieroglyphics A tomb inscribed with hieroglyphs.

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Recent Examples of hieroglyph Crucially, these dates correspond to important dynastic events that the hieroglyphs omit — filling in the puzzle pieces scholars had been missing. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025 The same message in hieroglyphs, Demotic and Greek allowed researchers to decode the images as language, but the new discovery is a bit different. — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025 Humans have been communicating with pictures since the days of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025 Their antecedents are ancient (Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese characters, Mesoamerican pictograms), though the journey from their modern birthplace (Japan circa the turn of the millennium) to their current ubiquity has been quick. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hieroglyph

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The flag was also draped over Khamenei’s casket in images published last week by his official X account.

— Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Rodríguez Castro, the person said, projects a similar tough-guy image.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026

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The ticket matched four winning numbers and/but not the Mega Ball in the drawing Friday, July 3, with a 3x multiplier, the California State Lottery said.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026
Saturday’s Fantasy 5, Florida Lotto and Powerball drawings begat one jackpot winner.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 July 2026

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Colorful embroidery decorated Bluemarble’s washed blue jeans, while printed portraits were seen on Undercover’s jeans and key chains dangled from Vetements’ jeans with unraveled hems.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Monks and ordinary Tibetans are forced to replace portraits of previous Dalai Lamas and even traditional thangkas with portraits of Xi Jinping and Mao Zedong.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

Definition of portrait

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Certain photos of those rehearsal dinner attendees showed guests clutching black velvet boxes with an etching of two Ts and a heart.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
That’s not unlike classical diffraction gratings, whose periodic etchings split light into different colors and directions.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2026

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