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Recent Examples of pictographBut before this, some of the brightest Chinese minds of the 20th century had to figure out a way to harness the complex pictographs that make up written Chinese into a typewriter, and later, a computer.—Emily Feng, NPR, 5 July 2025 Weave through boulders and around desert plants to reach ancient pictographs emblazoned on the walls of skyscraper-high yardangs (tall rock formations sculpted by the wind), before catching your breath during a picnic lunch.—Chloe Berge, Outside Online, 17 June 2025 Rock shelters are adorned with ancient Native American pictographs.—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for pictograph
Bag charms have become small cultural statements of their own, and Coach has leaned into this trend with playful symbols rooted in New York be that yellow taxis, landmarks - all icons that capture place as much as product.
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Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
This article explores why these models are more than watches—they’re cultural symbols, and why this one retailer has earned the confidence of serious collectors.
Both Nomad bikes are perfectly capable analog bikes in their own right, a rare attribute in a market obsessed with offering ever more speed and range.
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William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Foster self-acceptance by regularly affirming your son’s inherent value, and the value of other young men, irrespective of any kind of achievements, characteristics, and physical attributes.
Exploding in popularity as digital chatting caught on—an ascent that accelerated when Apple, Google, and their fellow behemoths became emoji adopters—the pictograms acknowledged no national boundaries.
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Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2025
But decoding the pictograms could be a culturally and historically significant task.
On this rainy August night, there were plenty of American accents to be heard in the arena; concertgoers were given lanyards with light-up emblems in the shape of cameras, which evoked the album title while also making everyone look like a tourist.
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Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Enter Lance, short for Lancelot, who helps guard the Patmos castle; the classic fortified structure is the company’s emblem.
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PJ Green
September 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
Visual editing and art direction by Shoshana Gordon of ProPublica.
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ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
The borderline and downright beautiful stop-motion animation in this brand new 2D adventure is immediately striking, as is the sketch-like art direction.
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