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Recent Examples of pictograph
But 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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictograph
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And that, Chaccour says, set the stage for ivermectin to take center stage as a symbol of politicized medicine.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
2 Mar. 2026
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After the war, jackets began to be worn for reasons of style rather than utility, spurred on by a wave of films like 1953’s The Wild One, in which Marlon Brando turned the leather motorcycle jacket into the ultimate symbol of youthful rebellion.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When are the Hoosier Lottery drawings held?—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
4 Mar. 2026
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If two or more people win the jackpot in the same drawing, the money is shared equally among all winning tickets.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Individual results may vary depending on patient-specific attributes and other factors.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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The project also dug into technical attributes such as fiber quality, feedstock consistency and how material input relates to usable output.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2025
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But decoding the pictograms could be a culturally and historically significant task.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
5 Mar. 2025
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Many waved pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flags bearing the lion-and-sun emblem.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
1 Mar. 2026
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But in all of these directors’ productions the presence of nonprofessionals is both a pursuit of progress in cinematic form and an emblem of that effort.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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The machine scanned the skull using bright, nondestructive X-rays, generating over 9,000 high-resolution images and terabytes of data.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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An investigation by the Bakersfield Police Department also led to separate charges citing Mays for possession of more than 600 images of youth or child pornography and distribution of obscene matter involving someone younger than 18.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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The machines engrave writing and logos; the staff carves bigger shapes with chainsaws, chisels, and other handheld tools.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside,
3 Mar. 2026
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Molina wanted to rebrand Sidecca with a new logo, bags and art, and connected with Bolding about that and a possible mural inside the store.—
Solvej Schou,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Expect inflatables, games, face paint, crafts, glitter tattoos, balloon art, raffles and German food.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Mar. 2026
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That can include earning more than $10,000 annually from artistic work in at least three of the last five years, receiving a grant to produce art, or showing professional commitment through a portfolio review.—
Loureen Ayyoub,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Pictograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictograph. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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