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portrait

noun

ˈpȯr-trət

Definition of portrait

as in description

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 Whether these portraits represent past patrons, whose stories once unspooled over these same steaming cups, Kim declines to comment. — James Marsh, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026 The mural, at the corner of Bowery and Great Jones Street where Basquiat once lived and worked, was painted by artist Owen Dippie, based on a photo portrait of Basquiat by Gianfranco Gorgoni. — David Moin, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026 The intergenerational novel blends magical realism with love, family conflict and political upheaval to create a vivid portrait of Colombian life and history. — Alexandra Tirado Oropeza, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026 One of Florine’s portraits of Ettie provides insight into the character of Susanna Moore. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for portrait

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Bread & Butter’s title track is the only time when things decamp to the treacly, mostly because of how Cartunez’s syrupy beat drowns out Droog’s hazy memories of 9/11 and descriptions of a side chick who looks like Ronnie from The Player’s Club.

— Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
Inspired by Qur’anic descriptions of paradise, Sheikh Zayed’s vision was to bring a garden into marble and light.

— Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

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The project faced controversy because of its depiction of two gay characters.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Oct. 2026
The 1997 Disney movie Hercules mixed Roman and Greek names, helping propagate this and other inaccuracies (not uncommon in Hollywood’s depictions of ancient Greece).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of depiction

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While population growth has long been a tailwind for growth and creditworthiness, falling fertility rates and unprecedented speed of changing age structures are now changing that picture, Moody’s writes.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
In a picture shared in the post taken on Fall Picture Day, Cagle said Burfield had relaxed smile and a sense of ease.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of picture

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The picture painted from the interview subjects, who occasionally draw sketches of weapons-screen interfaces on notepads, is of a computerized tracking-and-killing apparatus, culled from the surveillance Israel keeps of nearly every phone in Gaza.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
But frescos don’t put shoes on a poor child’s cold feet and sketches of flying machines didn’t put Orville Wright in the sky.

— Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

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