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Shigetaka Kurita’s icons were monochromatic pixel pictograms, which Nicolas Loufrani describes as incredibly smart and beautiful representations of concepts on a limited 12 x 12 dot canvas.
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Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
Akkadian was written in cuneiform, a system invented by the Sumerians that involves engraving pictograms and symbols into clay with a reed stylus.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
Nevertheless, Kurita’s pictograms bear little resemblance to modern emojis and were more akin to the Macintosh pictograms created by Susan Kare in 1984.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
The political history of the Olympic pictogram by Kim Hew-Low
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—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
Akkadian was written in cuneiform, a system invented by the Sumerians that involves engraving pictograms and symbols into clay with a reed stylus.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
Nevertheless, Kurita’s pictograms bear little resemblance to modern emojis and were more akin to the Macintosh pictograms created by Susan Kare in 1984.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
The political history of the Olympic pictogram by Kim Hew-Low
This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictogram
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Also nearby is Castle Rocks State Park, another rock-climbing hotspot, where Native American pictographs and historic trails give visitors a sense of the area’s importance over time.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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See the dwellings of ancient Native American civilizations on the Seven Hollows Trail, or take the Rock House Cave Trail to a natural shelter displaying pictographs that were left by the native inhabitants.—
Casey Barber,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2025
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Thus began the courtship between Bobbi's parents, which initially took place through letters.—
Maquita Peters,
NPR,
11 May 2025
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In 2013, the FBI got a letter that claimed to be from John Anglin, CNN affiliate KPIX reported.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
11 May 2025
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From the pyramids to the mysteries of hieroglyphs and the afterlife, its legacy endures.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The stone is carved in the style of Teotihuacan, but it’s also covered with Maya hieroglyphs, which tell the tale of the conquest.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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This erroneous belief that all Chinese characters are ideograms — symbols that express ideas directly, without language — remains widespread today in the West.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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The encrusted object clearly qualified as cultural property, even more so when the treasure hunters cleaned it up, revealing that the shining chunk was actually an ingot stamped with Chinese ideograms.—
Lauren Collins,
The New Yorker,
22 July 2024
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As the Roman numerals may have given away, the Corniche IV is the fourth iteration of a two-door, front-engine model that Rolls-Royce built from 1971 to 1995.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2025
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It was followed a year later at the same sale by a lacquered turquoise Stella dial model with Arabic numerals and a brown leather strap, which sold in 2021 for HKD 24,375,000 (approximately $3,138,562 according to exchange rates at the time).—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
16 Apr. 2025
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In the hands of a lesser actor and director, Laura might have been a frustrating cipher.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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If Belinda’s lightning-fast transformation is a cipher for Mike White’s thoughts on the corrosive power of money, then perhaps Laurie’s emotional speech comes closest to explaining how a good life could be oriented.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Pictogram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictogram. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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