Thesaurus results for ILLUSTRATIONS

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 The average 13-inch laptop display is a bit too small for displaying finer details like engineering drawings or technical illustrations. —

Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 Sibley spent nearly a year working on the digital illustrations for the collection. —

Sarah Raza, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026 There are playful illustrations of some of Lennon and Ono’s ideas as well, and more subtle, non-AI graphic elements (by BigStar Motion Design) that include color washes at the edges of some of the visuals. —

Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026 The restaurant is also impeccably clean, with pastel colors and playful illustrations and Chinese phrases on the walls. —

Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026 Winslow Homer, a decade younger than Church, started his career by making illustrations for Harper’s Weekly during the Civil War. —

Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Costume designs a mix original illustrations and innovation The costume department took a mixed approach to making what actors will wear, combining creativity with the original book illustrations. —

Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026 Those are the games Price cited Thursday as the best illustrations of his skill set. —

Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 4 May 2026 Freelancer Ivan Ehlers was also a finalist, in the illustrated reporting and commentary award for illustrations published in the Times. —

Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026

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The looksmaxxing community is particularly obsessed with strong jawlines, but still, Clavicular’s supporters came to his defense, creating complex diagrams to demonstrate the facial superiority of their favorite livestreamer.

— Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The diagrams of passengers pulling out floatation devices and assuming crash position were presented with a crisp, legible aesthetic similar to the look of Ikezoe’s paintings.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026