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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 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
Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Salinas said her paintings represent a pictorial study of her cultural identity and roots in Mexico.
—Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 1 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
For certain great artists, Meis believes, the creative act is a safe harbor where life’s pressures, exigencies, and calamities aren’t so much denied or resolved as reimagined as pictorial dramas.
—Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Salinas said her paintings represent a pictorial study of her cultural identity and roots in Mexico.
—Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 1 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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Billy Bob Thornton rocks a graphic tee at the Landman season 2 FYC event in Los Angeles on April 16.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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For a recent sighting in New York, the actress teamed a bold red cardigan and bright yellow graphic T-shirt together, grounded by straight-leg blue jeans and her trusted Adidas Tokyo sneakers.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2026
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The day before her 90th birthday in April 2016, the Queen marked 500 years of the Royal Mail delivery service with this vivid pink look.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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Plant marigolds and asters in the same sunny spot, and these two cheery and vivid summer blooms will thrive in the full sun, hot conditions.—
Heather Bien,
The Spruce,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This is the 18th edition of the Winter Classic, the NHL’s signature regular-season event.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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For Merritt, now a resident of Baldwin Park, the dream has come full circle, and the event has become popular enough for two parties a year (the second, a holiday edition, will return in November).—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The film also highlights, through such enduring artifacts as cassette recordings and photographic prints, the archival basis of memory itself.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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And, thanks to this photographic equipment, we've been treated to some absolutely stunning Artemis 2 photos.—
Jase Parnell-Brookes,
Space.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The complete lack of descriptive wall labels for individual objects, still a matter of debate among the curators, according to Govan, privileges looking.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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The script was pretty descriptive.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The interlocking trivets lock together in twos, threes and fours for large casserole dishes and baking sheets, making a great runner for family style tablescapes.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Place the baking sheet in the freezer for a few hours until the raspberries are frozen solid.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2026
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Broadly speaking, the panel was addressed to the arts, not only the visual arts but also all forms of writing, including journalism.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Each studio has windows that look out over the street and interior windows that provide visual access between them.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Known for its screeching headlines, up-to-the-second scoops, and contentious practice of paying off sources for scandalous tips, the tabloid has widened its pitiless lens to include officials across the political spectrum.—
Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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The tabloid is widely known to pay for images of famous people caught in potentially unflattering situations.—
Dominick Mastrangelo,
The Hill,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Pictorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorial. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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