as in portrait
a vivid representation in words of someone or something
the general's memoirs are filled with revealing vignettes of some of the war's most compelling personalities
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Recent Examples of vignette
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
The aesthetically motivated traveler will find no shortage of pretty vignettes to capture.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2026
Chris McMullen, Space.com, 4 July 2025
The idea is to fix any issues that your lens introduces, such as darkness around the edges (vignetting) or warped perspectives.
—PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Magnifying glasses placed in front of projectors transformed amateur images into circular, inverted vignettes that felt ripped from another world.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
The aesthetically motivated traveler will find no shortage of pretty vignettes to capture.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
Some but not all have mentioned vignetting at full aperture, though going down a couple of stops vastly reduces it.
—Chris McMullen, Space.com, 4 July 2025
The idea is to fix any issues that your lens introduces, such as darkness around the edges (vignetting) or warped perspectives.
—PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for vignette
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vignette
Noun
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Centred on intimate portraits of women rebuilding their lives, the film follows individuals shaping a future in the shadow of a shared past.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
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After his death while attempting a wingsuit flight in 2015, his friends began putting together footage that paints a portrait of a complex man.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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How those two stars outline a dog is anybody’s guess.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
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In the 1960s, Ohio’s governor, James Rhodes, outlined his vision of establishing a college within 30 miles of every resident and set about building regional campuses of large public universities across the state.—
Jeffrey Selingo,
The Atlantic,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Police were unable to provide a detailed description of the suspects, but described them as two African American men between 20 and 30 years of age.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The booster launched Northrop Grumman's previous cargo flight, NG-23, NASA's Crew-11 astronaut flight, the Axiom Space Ax-4 astronaut flight and three Starlink missions, according to a SpaceX description.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The announcement comes after Madonna hinted that a new dance album would be coming in 2026 following her return to Warner Records nearly two decades after departing the label.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
15 Apr. 2026
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In fact, Melton appeared to hint that Pulisic wasn't exactly faithful before walking back the claim.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Many works appear to be collages, but on close inspection turn out to be flat oil on canvas depictions of pop and cultural artifacts.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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However we are deeply offended by this and have no other choice but to condemn it wholeheartedly and ask for a public apology to the Christian brethren who have been deeply upset by this depiction.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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
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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
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Unlike her comic book counterpart, who frequently pressured Wilson to leave his criminal empire behind, Zurer’s portrayal of Vanessa has been complicit — and downright integral — to Kingpin’s operations.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
15 Apr. 2026
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Fatone, Mulvihill and Sarlanis all say Boy Band Confidential doesn’t seek to paint a wholly damning portrayal of the boy band life, but rather to show resilience and hope, pointing toward the documentary’s end, which depicts many of the subjects moving on with their lives.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Some early testers have used Skills to quickly enter prompts to calculate protein macros in a recipe, generate side-by-side comparisons across multiple tabs while shopping, and summarize lengthy documents, Google adds.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
15 Apr. 2026
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Instead of asking students to define terms or summarize a concept when Wikipedia is sitting right there, the advice was to give them higher-level tasks—to evaluate different solutions to a problem or reflect on how that concept has come up in their own lives.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Vignette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vignette. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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