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hieroglyphic

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adjective

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Recent Examples of hieroglyphic
Noun
The top is carved to look like a dung beetle, while the bottom is flat and inscribed with hieroglyphic text. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2025 Written in three scripts—Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic—the stone allowed scholars, most notably Jean-François Champollion in the early 19th century, to decipher the meaning of hieroglyphs for the first time. David Nikel, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Egyptian hieroglyphics gave rise to a number of true alphabets, Latin included, through a tortuous procession of descendants. Longreads, 1 July 2025 Best of all, though, was the Egyptian revival-style desert hotel, particularly the ballroom containing a large model of the entire infrastructure project, decorated in pharaohs and hieroglyphics. Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hieroglyphic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hieroglyphic
Noun
  • Malinche’s negative image was solidified by Nobel Prize in Literature winner Octavio Paz.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Another kibbutz member approached a local TV correspondent, urging their channel not to stop airing the images of the returning hostages even as the high-level speeches at the Knesset began.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In the face of that, Keaton’s off- and sometimes on-duty style represented limitless possibilities, and a previously incomprehensible kind of freedom.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Oct. 2025
  • And the thought of McDavid leaving Edmonton under any condition once felt incomprehensible.
    Eric Stephens, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The tech giant personnel leading the discussions took an upbeat tone, repeatedly talking up an opt-in regime that would protect the agency’s clients against the misuse of their intellectual property and likenesses.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • All smoke and sweat, full of gospel phrasing and hip-hop undertones, Brown Sugar introduced D’Angelo as an emotive, smooth-talking vocalist, a thinking, feeling performer in the likeness of Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, and Curtis Mayfield without borrowing too heavily from any of them.
    Marcus J. Moore, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Gehman, then a graduate student earning a doctorate in disease ecology, had heard about a mysterious illness sweeping through the Pacific coast’s iconic invertebrates.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Since its discovery in 2009, scientists have made little headway in understanding the mysterious origins of these excess gamma rays.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the paintings are not just larger versions of the drawings.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Green screens, reenactments and, in the case of the two boys, drawings, offered ways to create material while away from home.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The second flare is even more puzzling.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Staffers spent the weekend trading calls and texts, trying to piece together who had been axed, who had been spared, and, most puzzling, why.
    Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Brasilia Iconography Views, maps, and plans from iconographic, cartographic, and architectural archives of Brazil’s Federal District and its capital city, Brasilia.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • His decision to leave for City — where ex-Barca icon Pep Guardiola had arrived the year before — caused huge drama among local media.
    Pol Ballús, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The bout was a showcase of mutual respect between the two icons, which was highlighted by a handwritten note from Cena that was read aloud before the match.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Hieroglyphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hieroglyphic. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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