Thesaurus results for TABLEAU

tableau

noun

Definition of tableau

as in mise-en-scène

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as in spectacle

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Recent Examples of tableau The end of this horrific tableau draws a distinct difference between Loustat and Loumand. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Each tableau is also illustrated with generative AI, resulting in freakish scenes rife with garbled text and hallucinated details, like a diminutive squad car parked inside a police station filled with surveillance feeds. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 24 June 2026 The third image zooms out showing this bathroom is a miniature and man has planted his foot into the tableau. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 June 2026 Su filindeu is closely bound to its home in the north of Sardinia, a sparsely populated tableau of verdant flora and sheer stone, hearty food and strong beliefs. — New York Times, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for tableau

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Noun

As the team works within it and the clothes move through the space, the store becomes a backdrop that is never quite fixed, but continually responding to the world being built around it.

— Michael Anthony Hall, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Volatility tends to ease in November, with the VIX falling around 4% as the midterm results remove a key political overhang and provide investors with greater clarity on the policy backdrop, said James Ooi, market strategist at Tiger Brokers.

— Joanna Ossinger,Justina Lee, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of backdrop

Noun

But Churchill also hosts another annual wildlife spectacle, said Oliver Smith in the Financial Times – one that attracts fewer visitors but is equally worth seeing.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
The celebrities are the spectacle of each new season, but the pros stay put year-after-year, building their own level of celebrity.

— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of spectacle

Noun

Lawrence looks and sounds rejuvenated with his scenery change in Cincinnati.

— Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Heavy curtain up; the moaning of sentimental strings; lights rising on some wedges and rectangles of scenery, guys and girls, the guys practically naked save for bits and pieces of neo-Greek get-up.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of scenery

Noun

In 2013, a painting that had originally sold for $10,000 at his thesis exhibition sold for $389,000 at a Phillips auction.

— Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Organized by late Belgian curator Jan Hoet, the exhibition was staged in different outdoor areas of Aoyama.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of exhibition

Noun

During the pandemic, car production was capped, and automakers used their limited capacity on building luxury cars, like Maseratis.

— David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
Last season, Macdonald frequently lamented Seattle’s rushing production, especially during the first half of the year.

— Andrew Destin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of production

Noun

As some selectors are being eliminated so is the traditional system of presentation.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The road to the end of the very long Emmy season takes place over most of your Labor Day holiday weekend with the two-night presentation of what were formerly called the Creative Arts Emmy Awards but now are simply being called the Emmy Awards.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of presentation

Noun

The Pyramid Club, a site famous for its drag performances in the 1980s and ’90s, permanently shuttered in 2022, and the site currently houses a café and rock club.

— David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
For me, the most important aspects of this game for the Vikings are the performances of the offensive and defensive lines.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of performance

Noun

More than a year of demonstrations sometimes drawing hundreds of thousands of people shook Vucic more than ever during his 14 years in power.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
The demonstration also highlights the Lynx platform’s ability to maintain mobility in dusty, high-temperature environments.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of demonstration

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