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Noun
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Go for a stroll on the water line at night or early morning and hopefully tracks will present themselves, flipper marks and a solid line for the shell, like hieroglyphs.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026 -
In the Nile Valley there are hieroglyphs galore that signify weather systems; and, being invisible and inexplicable, wind is denoted by its effect rather than its reality.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Egyptian hieroglyphics indicate that the art of sugar confectionery was established at least 3,000 years ago.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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For most of your predecessors, pitching was like reading hieroglyphics.—
Kevin Sherrington
Feb. 25,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The housekeepers greet me with genuine care, the bartenders create cocktails with panache and smiles, and the doormen and women jauntily pose for pictures in their thick Batman-style winter cloaks.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Vakoch said that among the early proponents of displaying pictures to communicate with extraterrestrials was the illustrious mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Taken together, Beef seems to say all of these are representations of a culture so toxically individualistic and ambitious that its members can’t even fathom solidarity as an option to push back against a depraved ruling class.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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Without giving away how the story unfolds, the Chairwoman feels like one of the more honest representations of the uber-wealthy (in a TV world oversaturated with examples), and her husband proves surprisingly effective in connecting the three male leads’ broader arc.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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These policies have been expanded into sweeping bans on Pride events and depictions of homosexuality in media like films and TV.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Apr. 2026
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Jackson’s settlement with the Chandler family turned out to include an agreement that forbade the estate to participate in depictions of the events around Chandler’s allegation.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The market cadence of the past few months has some uncomfortable resemblances to the early 2025 path leading up to that tariff-panic crescendo.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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David Leach, the head of security, noted that a training program offered by the utility for technician jobs bears resemblances to Oakland’s cadet initiative.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Users share research, pictures, videos, drawings and memes from major school shootings — with Columbine the dominant obsession — and connect through a series of ever-changing hashtags, adapted to avoid content restrictions.—
Meena Duerson,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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By 2 payouts and previous drawings here.—
USA Today staff,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Ideograms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideograms. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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