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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
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Its leather jackets became a cultural symbol in the ’90s and 2000s — worn by legends like Biggie and Dipset — representing pride, toughness, and self-expression.
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.
Art Deco, an emblem of the Roaring 1920s, remains one of the most enduring and revolutionary design movements of all time.
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Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
Mobley’s gold emblem will serve as both a trophy and a target, representing the league’s highest defensive honor and a reminder that the Cavaliers’ success continues to be built on his steady, golden standard of excellence.
Cranston was among those who raised concerns when the initial launch of the AI video platform allowed users to create his image without his permission.
City officials hope the slogan, and the accompanying logo, help rally pride in the community and become a lasting part of Santa Clara’s identity.
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Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
Shuttled in on golf carts to a powder pink carpet, models, media and micro-celebrities mingled as staff passed out marbled Jell-O shots and macarons stamped with the VS logo.
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