as in traced
to draw or make apparent the outline of
in the photograph the majestic mountain is strikingly silhouetted against the setting sun
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Recent Examples of silhouetted
In the black-and-white shot Earth is hanging in the pearly glow of the Martian twilight, the hilly horizon silhouetted at the bottom.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
The wind is tossing the leaves about under the branches, and their dark shapes are silhouetted against the snow like bats.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
The light changes but my eye drifts up to the towers of Downtown Brooklyn silhouetted by the afternoon sun.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
However, some voices in the golf world have raised doubts about whether McIlroy is indeed the player silhouetted in the image.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
SpaceX highlighted the achievement in the post on X, sharing a dramatic image of the booster standing tall on the pad, silhouetted against the night sky after its demanding journey.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
The wind is tossing the leaves about under the branches, and their dark shapes are silhouetted against the snow like bats.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
The light changes but my eye drifts up to the towers of Downtown Brooklyn silhouetted by the afternoon sun.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
However, some voices in the golf world have raised doubts about whether McIlroy is indeed the player silhouetted in the image.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
SpaceX highlighted the achievement in the post on X, sharing a dramatic image of the booster standing tall on the pad, silhouetted against the night sky after its demanding journey.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silhouetted
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This can likely be traced back to Gian Piero Gasperini’s arrival in Serie A with Genoa in 2007, using a back-three system to counteract the prevailing, narrow 4-3-1-2 shape that was commonly employed in Italy.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Toczylowski has said investigators traced King's cell phone to the location where her remains were found, and that the phone's activity at the location matches the timeline of burning a vehicle of interest.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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It was sketched out on a piece of paper and tucked into her grandmother's Bible.—
Molly Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
15 Oct. 2025
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Kelsey, who was adopted as an infant, sketched out the design for her boxes on an airplane napkin.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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The space rock, also outlined in a recent study published by the American Astronomical Society, is believed to have been in this Earth-adjacent orbit for about 60 years, according to the website EarthSky.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Mahon outlined how the change would result in his company having to take time to change addresses with suppliers, update insurance and tax information, and reduce visibility on websites Google Maps and Yelp.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Oct. 2025
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Supplemental feeding is defined as providing extra nutrition during times of natural forage scarcity.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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This is how Bertolt Brecht defined the aim of epic theater.—
Susan Sontag,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Silhouetted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silhouetted. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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