Thesaurus results for HIEROGLYPH

hieroglyph

noun

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

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Recent Examples of hieroglyph 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 His versatility to play inside and outside along with the potential to run a plethora of route combinations with Lamb could be like deciphering an ancient hieroglyph for opposing defenses. —

Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hieroglyph

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The machine scanned the skull using bright, nondestructive X-rays, generating over 9,000 high-resolution images and terabytes of data.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
An investigation by the Bakersfield Police Department also led to separate charges citing Mays for possession of more than 600 images of youth or child pornography and distribution of obscene matter involving someone younger than 18.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026