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a vivid representation in words of someone or something
his account created in the jurors' heads a detailed portrait of a lonely old man
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Recent Examples of portrait
After jumping forward a year, His & Hers paints a sunny portrait of Anna and Jack's lives.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Hedren creates a vivid portrait of Sitting Bull by drawing on a vast array of sources, from interviews with Lakotas conducted by the military to twentieth-century accounts by survivors.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Not one of the portraits captures her, and that’s because her portraitists, though highly skilled, are highly compromised.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
The new portrait shows Trump standing over the resolute desk with his fists on it, looking into the camera in a black-and-white photo.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Hedren creates a vivid portrait of Sitting Bull by drawing on a vast array of sources, from interviews with Lakotas conducted by the military to twentieth-century accounts by survivors.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Not one of the portraits captures her, and that’s because her portraitists, though highly skilled, are highly compromised.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
The new portrait shows Trump standing over the resolute desk with his fists on it, looking into the camera in a black-and-white photo.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
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The topic description lists employment and also states board members will vote on the matter.—
Briseida Holguin,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, authorities plugged a description of the Nissan into a system run by Flock Safety that can read license plates and identify other vehicle details, then match sightings of the same car, including with different tags.—
Michelle Krupa,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
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The girls’ depictions also owes a debt to the wily, precocious protagonists of children’s literature, from the perpetually home-alone Pippi Longstocking to those eccentric enrollees at Louis Sachar’s Wayside School series.—
Niela Orr,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
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Chalamet triumphed over George Clooney (Jay Kelly), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Lee Byung-hun (No Other Choice) and Jesse Plemons (Bugonia) with his depiction of table tennis star Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme.—
Clare Fisher,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Forster’s novel may have been written in 1913 (and published, posthumously, in 1971), but its portrayal of Alec and Maurice’s inability to openly articulate their love remains evergreen.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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Now, Letts has brought Coon back to Broadway with the Main Stem debut of his 1996 play Bug, a skin-crawling portrayal of people on the fringes.—
Juan A. Ramírez,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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One image Emerald showed me was this amazing 1950s picture of a woman wrapped up in cellophane, like a gift with a bow around the middle.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
10 Jan. 2026
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After this weekend, the Sharks begin a tough four-game road trip with games against Washington, Detroit, Florida, and Tampa Bay — all teams in the Eastern Conference playoff picture.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Each room will be accompanied by his audio narration, along with behind-the-scenes videos, original sketches and photographs.—
Eva Remijan-Toba,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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The show concluded with a sketch of Yang playing a bartender at the JFK Delta Lounge.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Portrait.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portrait. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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