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as in graphic
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 vivid
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
Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The show traces the life and career of Ringgold, who introduced Black women’s pictorial, narrative and craft traditions.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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
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Adjective
Church, for all his scientific curiosity, was not moved to convert Darwinism into pictorial rhetoric.
—Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The show traces the life and career of Ringgold, who introduced Black women’s pictorial, narrative and craft traditions.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictorial
Adjective
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The movie is written by Heartstopper creator, executive producer and graphic novelist Alice Oseman.—
Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
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The rest of the multihyphenate artist’s look included gray wool trousers, a graphic T-shirt and a burgundy leather jacket with a significant foldover element.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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The smoky eyes of Duchess Birgitte of Gloucester The Duchess paired her vivid lips—painted in a bright shade of pink, very close to coral—with anthracite-toned eyelids, perfectly complementing her playful silver hairstyle.—
Laura Scafati,
Vanity Fair,
20 June 2026
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Highlight details are more vivid and color bleeding is minimized.—
Nam Sunwoo,
Variety,
19 June 2026
Noun
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In the 2026 edition, FIFA is operating the tournament itself, dealing directly with host cities rather than through national federations.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
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This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books.—
Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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The wranglers hurriedly unpacked him, and Paul, greatly agitated, dived into the duffel bags after his photographic gear.—
Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
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Edelstein, 60, observes that the vintage nature of her photographic reference material is key.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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Ospreay got descriptive about his post-wedding activities before Swerve Strickland interrupted him.—
Rob Wolkenbrod,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Marcus Lee, an African American Studies professor at Princeton University, often tells his students that descriptive representation differs from substantive representation.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Shoppers can find deals on cooling sheets, plush comforters, memory foam pillows, bath towel sets and more, with many items marked down by 30% to 60%.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 June 2026
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Set a large baking sheet or tray behind your stovetop to catch any food splatters.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
20 June 2026
Adjective
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These high-voltage colors can feel like visual noise, lending feelings of chaos and agitation in interiors.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
21 June 2026
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The kitchen, with room for a table that can handle informal dining, is open to the family room, where the visual focal points are the stone fireplace and French doors that lead to an elevated deck overlooking the in-ground pool and property at the rear of the home.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
Noun
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But just as Kat is about to tie the knot, a tabloid runs a story about her fiancé's affair with her assistant.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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Prairie Village will act as a home base for the team in between their travels to different games, according to British tabloid The Daily Mail.—
Jenna Thompson
June 2,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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“Pictorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorial. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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