portrait

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Recent Examples of portrait The painting in question is a portrait of Ferdinando de’ Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, by the Italian Baroque painter Anton Domenico Gabbiani. Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025 Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch poses for an official portrait in Washington, D.C. on October 7, 2022. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025 Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier (Edgerton), whose life unfolds during an era of unprecedented change in early 20th century America. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 June 2025 The drawings, which range from portraits and still lifes to urban landscapes and fleeting moments, reflect Dylan’s sharp observational eye. Anna Tingley, Variety, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for portrait
Recent Examples of Synonyms for portrait
Noun
  • When expectations need updating Fast-moving businesses often outgrow old job descriptions.
    Alain Hunkins, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Life-size cutouts of them accompany descriptions and artifacts from their lives.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • That’s one of several standout stretches here, another being the note-perfect depiction of our heroes feeling the indiscriminate love while on ecstacy.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 27 June 2025
  • Then, crammed in between Nixon and a portrait of another former first lady, Laura Bush, a new portrait was added: a depiction of Trump's face overlaid with the American flag.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • These portrayals took on new weight and context with the passage of the Hollywood Production Code.
    Betsy Golden Kellem, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2025
  • This portrayal caused a significant backlash from some viewers at the time.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Inside, the walls are lined with historical memorabilia and pictures, including a portrait of Aunt Kate, who continues to watch over this riverside enterprise with pride.
    Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
  • These stats paint a hopeful picture: AI stepping in where traditional mental health care can’t.
    Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • That's exactly what happened this week when NBA icon Michael Jordan rolled up on NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor and turned a casual reunion into a viral comedy sketch.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
  • Day also shared that Close Encounters of the Third Kind director Steven Spielberg was supposed to be in the sketch too, but was cut for time.
    Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 28 June 2025

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