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a pictorial character used in hieroglyphics
The statue had an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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Recent Examples of hieroglyphic
Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
Writing systems, emerging around 3,500 BCE, evolved into hieroglyphic script on papyrus, stone, and coffins.
—Costa Beavin Pappas, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Troy Renck, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2025
To the untrained eye, these raw records might as well be written in hieroglyphics.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The Fremen settings also feature hieroglyphic frescoes.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
Writing systems, emerging around 3,500 BCE, evolved into hieroglyphic script on papyrus, stone, and coffins.
—Costa Beavin Pappas, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
This is what happens when a franchise operates in a vacuum, shakes its fist at the clouds about a salary cap and treats analytics like hieroglyphics.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2025
To the untrained eye, these raw records might as well be written in hieroglyphics.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hieroglyphic
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To believe that churches can direct the laity on how to vote, whether for members of the school board or for the president of the country, is to deny the Christian teaching that all humans are made in the image of God and can understand and follow his will themselves.—
Esau McCaulley,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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It was also found in archive images going back 19 years, which allowed astronomers to compute its orbit.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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And as the discourse around it keeps stacking up, what started as a silly turn of phrase has devolved into an incomprehensible mess that’s preventing people from noticing the much more insidious shift around them.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 July 2025
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This is because for the first Daemon X Machina, the story was an incomprehensible mess.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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The jury also found the same seven dolls misappropriated the OMG Girlz’ name, likeness, or identity.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
10 July 2025
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Since then, Stone has been a front row fixture at fashion week — attending the shows of Balenciaga as well as Diesel, Jean Paul Gaultier and Hugo Boss — always in the uncanny likeness of a familiar face.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Scientists will use this data to study dark matter and dark energy, which make up most of the universe but remain mysterious.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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Modern courtship is already a nightmare, but director Christopher Landon (of Happy Death Day) ups the stakes when a woman (Meghann Fahy) receives a series of mysterious and threatening AirDrops during her date.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
12 July 2025
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Powerball 28-48-51-61-69, Powerball: 20, Power Play: 3 The Pick 10-23-24-35-41-42 Pick 3 1-4-4 Fantasy 5 13-33-34-38-40 Check Fantasy 5 payouts and previous drawings here.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
19 July 2025
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Here’s a look at July 19, 2025, results for each game: Winning Powerball numbers from July 19 drawing 28-48-51-61-69, Powerball: 20, Power Play: 3 Winning Cash4Life numbers from July 19 drawing 20-38-41-46-54, Cash Ball: 02 Check Cash4Life payouts and previous drawings here.—
Nicole Young,
Nashville Tennessean,
19 July 2025
Adjective
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The digging sticks, curved root-slicers, and a handful of somewhat puzzling implements were all found at a lakeshore site called Gantangqing.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 July 2025
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Down the stretch and into the playoffs, he was also hampered by a puzzling illness that clearly impacted his effectiveness.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Any internal organs removed during the process were typically placed in canopic jars, each featuring an iconographic lid with one of the four sons of the Egyptian god Horus to protect each organ.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
9 Nov. 2024
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One of India’s leading contemporary artists, Singh (born 1937 in Baranagar) is renowned for her bold, figurative paintings—a distinct visual language rich in color, iconographic depth, and deep narrative.—
Nargess Banks,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The late Hank Aaron, a long-time Atlanta icon who topped the lifetime list in home runs for 33 years, was an All-Star a record 21 years in a row, missing only his first and last years of his 23-year career.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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She will be remembered as an exemplary icon of Indian cinema and culture.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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“Hieroglyphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hieroglyphic. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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