line drawings

noun

plural of line drawing
as in watercolors

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  1. portraits
  2. blueprints
  3. representations
Noun
  • Iosseliani’s poetic portraits of life on the Soviet periphery range from neorealist documentation of collective farms to playful snapshots of Tbilisi, with a light touch reminiscent of the French New Wave.
    — Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
  • At the time, the space was filled with tables and shelves overflowing with antiques, tchotchkes and vintage portraits from a lifetime of collecting.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of portraits
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  • Those blueprints proved useful to Fire Point in learning how to clone Russia’s more advanced missile system, the S-400, which formed the basis for the FP-7x.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • The money would go toward blueprints and early planning for an off-campus security process for those entering the court.
    — Elise Spenner, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of blueprints
Noun
  • The problem was determining which, if any, of his braid representations were unfaithful.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
  • Strassman says these visions could be nothing more than representations of certain information your brain is generating at the time.
    — Charles Moss, SPIN, 16 July 2026
Definition of representations
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