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consisting of or relating to pictures
that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa
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as in graphic
producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description
she writes a very pictorial kind of poetry, using words the way a painter applies strokes of color
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Recent Examples of pictorial
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Irina Shayk is the rare model who started in her 20s and transitioned from swimsuit and lingerie modeling to high-fashion pictorials to, nowadays, street style.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2023
Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The Filipino filmmaker delivers a pictorial fresco of the 16th century, at once a sensory immersion and an uncompromising political perspective on colonial violence.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 May 2025
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Adjective
By contrast, animation foregrounds the pictorial, which is its own aesthetic doctrine.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Irina Shayk is the rare model who started in her 20s and transitioned from swimsuit and lingerie modeling to high-fashion pictorials to, nowadays, street style.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2023
Noun
Image Sherald’s vertical portraits, by contrast, retain their pictorial charisma despite a certain repetitiveness.
—Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The Filipino filmmaker delivers a pictorial fresco of the 16th century, at once a sensory immersion and an uncompromising political perspective on colonial violence.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictorial
Noun
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Join Hunter Harris and Peyton Dix for a special beauty edition of Lemme Say This —where bold conversations meet big laughs.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 July 2025
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Something is wrong in Brazilian filmmaker Davi Pretto’s fourth feature, Future Future, which world premieres in the Proxima Competition program of the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) on Wednesday, July 9.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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In the onslaught of graphic videos the victims are lost, yet simultaneously the viewer is lost as well.—
Will Potter
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 July 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Some are quite personal, evoking vivid images of my grandparents, my father and uncles, and my brother, all gone too young, too soon.—
Libby Buck
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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Look for shades that closely resemble your natural color, but with a slightly more vivid touch.—
Laura Solla,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
Noun
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There are more than 25 miles of trails in the area, according to a Forest Service fact sheet.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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The verdict sheet that has been given to jurors in order to decide his fate recently leaked online, revealing that the decision is more complex than people may have expected.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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However, all of the witnesses — including those who were on his boat — as well as photographic and global positioning satellite data, dispute that claim.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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For over a century, video and photographic evidence have been a foundation of truth in courtrooms.—
Jason Crawforth,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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For historical reasons, this process is misleadingly called recombination − combination would be more descriptive.—
Stephen L. Levy,
The Conversation,
23 June 2025
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Like many of the names in Newfoundland that strike the visitor as humorous or quaint, Squid Tickle is straightforwardly descriptive.—
Robert Finch
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Facing mounting pressure from the press — particularly William Randolph Hearst’s tabloid, The New York Daily Mirror, and its rival, The New York Daily News, which arranged a séance at the crime scene — New Jersey Governor A. Harry Moore ordered the case reopened in 1926.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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And after years of fiercely protecting her private life (and facing incredible scrutiny from the tabloids, who analyzed every move of the Girls girls), Williams is feeling more open to sharing more of herself with the world.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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But while Israeli airbases were hit, there isn’t visual evidence of combat aircraft losses so far.—
Sebastien Roblin,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Guests who are deaf or hard of hearing can request stateroom kits that include a visual and tactile alert when someone knocks at the door, the phone rings, or an alarm sounds; stateroom TVs are equipped with closed captioning; and stateroom telephones have the ability to amplify sound.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Travel + Leisure,
1 July 2025
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“Pictorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorial. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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