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illustrations

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plural of illustration

as in diagrams

something that visually explains or decorates a text this book on birds has gorgeous illustrations

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as in explanations

a statement that makes something clear forced to give several illustrations until she was understood

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as in pictures

a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing the doctor sketched an illustration to explain the procedure to the patient

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as in examples

one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like chose one essay as an illustration of the high quality of the collection

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Recent Examples of illustrations Martin, who drew pen illustrations and was starting to work in watercolors, limited his online presence to a website for Fresh Sky Illustrations and an Instagram account, greenillustrator11, to promote Fresh Sky. —

David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2026 In the kitchen, the murals shift to local wildlife, with illustrations of a beaver and an eagle the couple has named. —

Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026 Pull out this pack during board game night, and your friends will obsess over the illustrations of Dunkin’ skiers on the backs of every card. —

Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026 One of the world’s largest exhibitions of olden literature is gathering more than a hundred booksellers from across the globe to share their choicest wares — rare tomes, illustrations, maps, historical documents and random ephemera guaranteed to level-up your bookshelf and walls. —

John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026 Ward now works as an artist, filling her Instagram and X accounts with her sketches and illustrations. —

James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026 Supporting and empowering artists The New York Times featured the dynamic, mesmerizing pop art illustrations on Blind Dates Books at the iconic Strand Bookstore in New York City. —

Jess Decourcy Hinds february 13, Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026 Depictions of a car headed toward the state, the city skyline and Fair Park are joined with illustrations of cotton and the date of the city’s establishment. —

Aria Jones, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026 At night, gather in front of a crackling fire for pre-dinner drinks in the drawing room, which is filled with illustrations of Parisian opera stars, antique finds, and Monopoly. —

Harriet Compston, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026

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What little remains of Sanders’ work has been handed down amongst his friends via an inch thick manila folder filled with yellowing and crumpled papers, replete with handwritten notes, occasional diagrams by Sanders, and more than a few mouse droppings littering the pages.

— Kevin Foster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
In addition to this, a simultaneous thermal analyzer measures weight loss and energy change at temperatures up to 1,650°C to develop phase diagrams and determine melting points.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026