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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
The city is a portrait of post-Rust-belt collapse.
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Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025
The pic starred Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison and Cliff Curtis and provided an unflinching portrait of Māori life.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
But Macfadyen’s Guiteau is the show’s biggest idea, a portrait of delusion rendered with unnerving empathy.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
There’s a strong possibility the above paragraph piqued your curiosity enough to seek out this portrait of a postpartum depression metastasizing into something psychically catastrophic.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
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Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025
The pic starred Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison and Cliff Curtis and provided an unflinching portrait of Māori life.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
But Macfadyen’s Guiteau is the show’s biggest idea, a portrait of delusion rendered with unnerving empathy.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
There’s a strong possibility the above paragraph piqued your curiosity enough to seek out this portrait of a postpartum depression metastasizing into something psychically catastrophic.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for portrait
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All venues are equipped with accessibility measures including audio descriptions, sign language interpretation and multilingual dubbing.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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Ma’s description of enormous, glistening grocery stores could be explained as the musings of a person who longs for stability and plentitude, or of a naive character who thinks of America as a land of boundless riches.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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Where the film succeeds is in its depiction of John and Greta as pawns of larger societal forces.—
Sarah Weinman,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
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These findings are at odds with Newsom’s constant depiction of California as an inspiring, pace-setting place with the fourth-largest economy in the world.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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The show is a humorous, achingly accurate portrayal of two weary immigrant women who’ve seen the shiny promise of a better life wear off quick.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Even his portrayal of a man with advanced dementia, in The Father (2020), which won the Academy Award for Best Actor, emitted a disconcerting power.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The data paints a picture of an urgent drive to develop capacity for new and more sophisticated missiles.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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There are no birth announcements for my mother or her sister, but there are pictures of them in cowboy costumes at a photo studio sometime in the mid 1950s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Ghostbusters actress discussed a sketch that made SNL head honcho Lorne Michaels unexpectedly lose it during an interview with the Good One podcast.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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He’s previously worked with them on sketches and sampled their work on his album More Life.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Portrait.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portrait. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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