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pictorialized

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past tense of pictorialize

as in illustrated

to supplement with pictorial matter for the purpose of explanation or decoration N.C. Wyeth is remembered for vividly pictorializing a number of classic works of literature

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But for Hatfield, the months-long legal battle illustrated the importance of Missouri’s referendum process, a mechanism for direct democracy that allows citizens to collect signatures and challenge state laws.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
The idea might seem clever, as if the artist has cannily illustrated how the lovey-dovey notion of romance and family is hokey, brain-dead, false.

— Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

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