as in tracing
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 silhouetting
The sculptural dress—part of Louis Vuitton's fall 2026 collection—featured a square neckline framed by a dramatic collar that flared out behind her head, beautifully silhouetting the actress's curly bob hairstyle.
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Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
As the full moon sank below the horizon, silhouetting palm trees at Jetty Park, the light of dawn ushered in the arrival of the world’s largest cruise ship to its new homeport on Florida’s Space Coast.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
As the full moon sank below the horizon, silhouetting palm trees at Jetty Park, the light of dawn ushered in the arrival of the world’s largest cruise ship to its new homeport on Florida’s Space Coast.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silhouetting
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Its sparse consumption of material and the fact it is obscured by the plane of the Milky Way from our vantage point have made tracing this wind difficult.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
5 June 2026
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But Houston, Tran said, has professional epidemiologists who are monitoring and contract-tracing individuals anytime there is a vaccine-preventable disease that could become an outbreak.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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That was the defining feature of the immediate aftermath of one of the most iconic basketball wins ever.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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And edged to the north by the Great Lakes, is a now defining coastal culture with a history that drove industrial innovation, military security and trade.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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The latter provided her with a five- to 10-page document outlining resources and procedures and confirmed that the phenomenon is skyrocketing.—
Albinson Linares,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
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Instead, Villa spoke to Rogers’ representatives, explaining the plan and outlining their intentions to increase his pay.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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In the hours leading up to a decisive Game 3 victory in the 2026 NBA Finals—the first such game in New York City in 25 years—the 7-Foot-4 Frenchman spent the afternoon in Gramercy sketching.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
9 June 2026
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Rather than solving puzzles one by one, Tao began sketching out a rough diagram that showed how different possible algebraic laws relate to one another.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 June 2026
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“Silhouetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silhouetting. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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