photographic

Definition of photographicnext

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Recent Examples of photographic One of the mission’s objectives was to capture ample photographic data, and throughout and after the spaceflight, NASA released unprecendented views of the moon. Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 22 May 2026 Blossfeldt and Sander, along with Albert Renger-Patzsch, were the leading photographic representatives of the loose movement baptized, in 1925, as the New Objectivity. Max Norman, New Yorker, 21 May 2026 Ye, who is from Mountain View, designed his plushie based on the photographic capture of Apollo 8's view of the Earth. CBS News, 19 May 2026 Another painting in the cycle had been replaced by a yellowing photographic reproduction. Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for photographic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for photographic
Adjective
  • What sounds like multiple gunshots can be heard in a video ABC News reporter Selina Wang posted of her taping at the White House.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 23 May 2026
  • Knowing there was no video assistant referee in the U.S. Open Cup round of 16, the powers that be toyed with the integrity of the game in extra time as the Colorado Rapids took the lead somewhat controversially with 5 minutes to go, then gave it back up even more questionably in the dying moments.
    Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Silence = Death, the work of the Silence = Death Collective (and not ACT UP, as Avram Finkelstein relates in his interview) became the primary pictorial representation of ACT UP and a rallying slogan for the fight against the disease.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 3 June 2026
  • Stripped of any individuating pictorial or textual material, the sign remains recognizable as originating in the streets of Berlin through its figure alone.
    Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • Emotional testimony details shocking stabbing The trial, which began with jury selection on June 1, included emotional testimony from eye witnesses and graphic video footage of the chaotic event, CBS News reported.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • An evocation of Maat — who reigned over justice, truth and order — the plumage was stylized as graphic bands that curled around the neck for the set’s necklace.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 June 2026
Adjective
  • Literary, visual, and performative art of the African diaspora iterates separation as a literal separation of the bodies of mothers and children.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • But since the beginning of the 21st century, there’s been more and more access to the actual visual truth.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 7 June 2026

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“Photographic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photographic. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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