pictorialization

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Noun
  • Is there an extra responsibility toward representation when casting media that purports to represent reality versus casting something scripted?
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 May 2026
  • The system converts facial images into a unique numerical representation tied to your account rather than storing raw photos long term.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • The Adam Lippes design replaced the cleaner line of the tuxedo with a wider skirt and a more formal portrait neckline, keeping the color restrained while giving the silhouette more volume.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
  • The imagery, made in Haiti, New York, Florida, and her current home of Los Angeles, uses both personal, documentary photographs and more surreal, formal portraits to link Cadet’s personal history to a broader meditation on the Black diasporic experience.
    Elly Fishman, Vogue, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Sarah Pidgeon stars in a spring campaign that came out right as her portrayal of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy on the series Love Story made her the style icon du jour.
    Lucy Feldman, Time, 6 May 2026
  • Antony Starr has been universally lauded for his portrayal of the mercurial Homelander.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
Noun
  • At a time of intensifying divisions at home, a depiction of Ecuador could offer an Edenic, new-world landscape free from the partisanship tainting Church’s New England landscapes.
    Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Sanchez-Bezos seems to have wanted to send a message through her own look for the night — a Schiaparelli gown riffing off of the John Singer Sargent portrait of Madame X, a depiction of a socialite that caused its own scandalous reception.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Slavery is an appropriate explanation for the Civil War; God’s will is not.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Armed men abducted former Malian minister Mountaga Tall from his home without explanation or arrest warrant, his family said.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
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“Pictorialization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorialization. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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