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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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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
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Skims The actor stars in the pictorial, shot by Carin Backoff, with his fiancée, model Abby Champion.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2025
Jessica Benavides Canepa, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025
Gauguin was castigated for failing to shake off European pictorial traditions, and for appropriating non-European traditions.
—Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
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Adjective
Bachardy’s self-portraits and drawings of Isherwood pepper the galleries, a confluence that reveals something that should be obvious: Two portrait artists, one pictorial and the other literary, resided for decades in the same household.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Skims The actor stars in the pictorial, shot by Carin Backoff, with his fiancée, model Abby Champion.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
Guests enjoy regional meals and vintage art, plus cycling and hiking trails and, most notably, Ruta de los Pueblos Blancos, a route through southern Spain’s most pictorial white villages.
—Jessica Benavides Canepa, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025
Gauguin was castigated for failing to shake off European pictorial traditions, and for appropriating non-European traditions.
—Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictorial
Noun
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In addition, there is proven evidence of interference by the Israeli government during the most recent edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, in which the event was used as a political instrument.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Today’s edition of 5 Things AM was edited and produced by CNN’s Andrew Torgan.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Lisa Baker Gibbs,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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Shortly after, graphic close-up videos of the attack began proliferating on X and TikTok.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Artificial intelligence offers a vivid example.—
Maurice Obeid,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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According to the Michigan State University Forestry Extension, the most vivid displays of fall foliage come after a stretch of warm days with plenty of sunshine and cool nights.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When investing in quality bedding, a solid sheet set is an ideal starting point.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Sep. 2025
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Or spread it in a single layer on a baking sheet and dry it in an oven on the lowest temperature, around 170 degrees Fahrenheit.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This has been driven, in part, by the explosive growth of Google’s Nano Banana model, which allows for image editing through descriptive prompts rather than the more traditional photographic editing tools.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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More to Explore By documenting lushly hirsute Japanese officials alongside their beardless counterparts, portraiture preserved a photographic record of colonial subjects’ visibly inferior status.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This has been driven, in part, by the explosive growth of Google’s Nano Banana model, which allows for image editing through descriptive prompts rather than the more traditional photographic editing tools.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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On sleep in particular, Whoop is distinctly more prescriptive than descriptive.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Duke of Sussex can be seen walking through LAX carrying a bag, in paparazzi images published in British tabloid The Sun, which said they were taken on Monday morning.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Daily Express, a British tabloid, floated the rumor that the proposal took place at Powell Gardens in Kingsville, just east of Lee’s Summit.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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When consumed, the body breaks down the compound into psilocin, an alkaloid that can cause startling visual hallucinations and psychological effects, often including intense introspection.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
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Invest in natural language query tools with visual explanations (graph traversal, source citations).—
Daniel Fallmann,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Pictorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorial. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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