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
Look out for delicate, wispy cloud formations that shine silver and blue in the twilight, while other clouds near the horizon appear dark and silhouetted in the evening sky.
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Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
5 June 2026
There was light back there, and then all these trees were silhouetted.
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Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2026
The original house was set back and silhouetted against the backdrop of trees.
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Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
The Endless Summer design, featuring a surfer silhouetted against an orange-yellow sunset, is Florida's top-selling specialty plate, with 145,063 registrations.
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Cbs Miami Team,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
The astronauts will also look for dust lofted off the moon’s surface and silhouetted against the faint coronal light.
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Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
6 Apr. 2026
Whatever is placed on the paper as it is exposed—a body, a flower—is silhouetted.
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Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
Our southwest-facing room also rather generously provided a view towards Mount Fuji 60 miles away, all the more impressive when silhouetted against the blushing sunset.
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Stephen Kelly,
TheWeek,
26 Mar. 2026
We are all used to watching documentaries in which silhouetted, pixelated, or disguised contributors divulge their experiences.
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Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
5 June 2026
There was light back there, and then all these trees were silhouetted.
—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2026
The original house was set back and silhouetted against the backdrop of trees.
—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
The Endless Summer design, featuring a surfer silhouetted against an orange-yellow sunset, is Florida's top-selling specialty plate, with 145,063 registrations.
—
Cbs Miami Team,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
The astronauts will also look for dust lofted off the moon’s surface and silhouetted against the faint coronal light.
—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
6 Apr. 2026
Whatever is placed on the paper as it is exposed—a body, a flower—is silhouetted.
—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
Our southwest-facing room also rather generously provided a view towards Mount Fuji 60 miles away, all the more impressive when silhouetted against the blushing sunset.
—
Stephen Kelly,
TheWeek,
26 Mar. 2026
We are all used to watching documentaries in which silhouetted, pixelated, or disguised contributors divulge their experiences.
—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silhouetted
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Police traced the other vehicle to McPherson.
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Through that, the white sprinter van and white passenger minivan were traced to 123 Bay 10th Street in Brooklyn.
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Staring down the company suggestion box at LA Gear, 19-year-old D’Wayne Edwards sketched a sneaker on a 3-by-5 notecard, signed his name and dropped it in the box.
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Spanish graphic designer, illustrator and sculptor, Peret, sketched the brand’s first logo, while architect Tonet Sunyer designed the first Desigual store in Ibiza’s port in 1986, a moment the brand is now celebrating 40 years later.
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But the mission’s goals outlined by the space agency—tasks such as scouting unexplored terrain, detecting stores of subsurface ice and monitoring atmospheric dust—are a far cry from the preexisting priority of Mars Sample Return and the associated search for alien life.
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Should Tuesday's launch be delayed for any reason, SpaceX has outlined a backup opportunity on June 24, with a launch window opening at the same time.
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And to be an American is to be embroiled in the great democratic experiment that has been defined by division from the beginning.
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The first merges Birkenstock’s first-ever sandal, the one-strap Madrid from 1963, featured with the Big Buckle, and is merged with its successor, the Arizona sandal launched in 1973 and defined by the brand’s original square buckles.
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“Silhouetted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silhouetted. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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