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noun

plural of vignette
as in portraits
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of vignette
as in outlines

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Recent Examples of vignettes
Noun
Fit Check of the Week Tim Burton, iconoclast filmmaker extraordinaire, has a new capsule with Loewe, which has recreated characters and vignettes from The Nightmare Before Christmas as bags and charms. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026 Visitors can see vignettes of Duck Hunt, House of the Dead, Mortal Kombat, Space Invaders, Venture, and Pac-Man. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 Holden’s vignettes are caked in grime and emerge at a reckless pace. — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026 Banned Not banned Told in brief, interconnected vignettes, this novel follows a young Latina growing up in a Chicago neighborhood. — Alexandra Tirado Oropeza, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026 The book is vignettes of people’s lives without much connective tissue. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026 Nocturnos by Laura Pérez Alt Autores, Spain The writer and artist’s graphic novel uses a series of dreamlike vignettes to explore the mysterious and magical world of the night. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2026 Each episode of Carrie, beginning with the second, will speak to the main character’s place within that larger world through opening vignettes that depict a different woman with extraordinary abilities from different time periods. — Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026 Complementing the campaign is a series of film vignettes capturing Waterhouse in tongue-in-cheek moments around town. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vignettes
  1. portraits
  2. outlines
  3. descriptions
  4. hints
  5. depictions
  6. traces
  7. pictures
  8. summarizes
Noun
  • Comic portraits, cruel melodrama and humane charity of heartbreaking tenderness explode onto the teeming streets of Victorian London.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Rain fell as families wept beside the coffins, and officers held portraits of their fallen colleagues.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of portraits
Verb
  • State law outlines the requirements that school districts under state intervention must meet before local control can be restored.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The letter outlines steps House Democrats took in this Congress as the minority party to push back on Republicans and touts the bipartisan housing bill and successful discharge petitions to force a vote on legislation as Democratic wins.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of outlines
Noun
  • Robots fix memories MIT researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system that allows robots to identify, evaluate, and correct unreliable descriptions of objects stored in their memory.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • That is, the descriptions the models had given in response to Lindsey’s second question probably hadn’t been the result of introspection.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of descriptions
Verb
  • The concealer lips revival itself borrows from an early 2000s look, which hints that the muted aesthetic may resurface in new forms even if these specific labels disappear from feeds.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Newer work hints that the brain may even make some of its own supply.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of hints
Noun
  • Known for her charcoal drawings, abstract paintings of New York City skyscrapers, and depictions of the nature, particularly in the American southwest, she is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • About the Artist Francesca Allen’s practice spans photography and film, often centering on intimate depictions of girlhood and the complexities of coming of age.
    — PhotoVogue, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of depictions
Verb
  • The project traces Ali’s breakthrough as a gold medal boxer through his brutal battle with Sonny Liston.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The foundation traces its origins to Local 627 of the American Federation of Musicians, the Black musicians’ union established in 1917.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of traces
Noun
  • Kneeland said the photographs have become popular backdrops for customers taking pictures.
    — J.M. Banks November 10, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Rising stars from The Body stuck together, even snapping pictures in front of their nearby billboard.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of pictures
Verb
  • In the excerpt below, Cope summarizes their stark differences — and even more striking similarities.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Because this was a scoping review, which summarizes existing research rather than testing a treatment directly, the researchers could not make clinical recommendations or fully assess the risk of bias.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of summarizes

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