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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Recent Examples of vignettes
Alison Herman,
Variety,
24 June 2026
The series pickup caps a wild seven-year journey for Dungeon Crawler Carl, which originated in 2019 with vignettes Dinniman self-published on a digital platform as a hobby while not busy with his main job as a sketch artist at cat shows.
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
The owners’ cabin features twin vignettes of rattan mirrors, Galerie des Lampes sconces, and 19th-century Austrian botanicals.
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Mitchell Owens,
Architectural Digest,
10 June 2026
Mark Dean Veca's piece contains 20 different vignettes.
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Alys Martinez,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
The carousel features animatronic characters in a rotating theater highlighting vignettes from various decades of the 20th century.
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Joe Burbank,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2026
All athletes who participated in the research — and are quoted above — remained anonymous, with their experiences collated into collective, generalised vignettes owing to fears of retaliation by those in charge.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Details are scarce, but the series is produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, features the 44th president in the trailer and will comprise vignettes about America’s long history, as filtered through David’s distinct comedic aesthetic.
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David Faris,
TheWeek,
3 June 2026
These same traditions shaped how medical AI systems came to be evaluated, often using complex clinical case vignettes drawn from the New England Journal of Medicine clinicopathological case conference series.
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Spencer Dorn,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Noun
The 44th president himself even provides an on-screen introduction for the seven-episode series, which is otherwise composed of standalone vignettes.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
24 June 2026
The series pickup caps a wild seven-year journey for Dungeon Crawler Carl, which originated in 2019 with vignettes Dinniman self-published on a digital platform as a hobby while not busy with his main job as a sketch artist at cat shows.
—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
The owners’ cabin features twin vignettes of rattan mirrors, Galerie des Lampes sconces, and 19th-century Austrian botanicals.
—
Mitchell Owens,
Architectural Digest,
10 June 2026
Mark Dean Veca's piece contains 20 different vignettes.
—
Alys Martinez,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
The carousel features animatronic characters in a rotating theater highlighting vignettes from various decades of the 20th century.
—
Joe Burbank,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2026
All athletes who participated in the research — and are quoted above — remained anonymous, with their experiences collated into collective, generalised vignettes owing to fears of retaliation by those in charge.
—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Details are scarce, but the series is produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, features the 44th president in the trailer and will comprise vignettes about America’s long history, as filtered through David’s distinct comedic aesthetic.
—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
3 June 2026
These same traditions shaped how medical AI systems came to be evaluated, often using complex clinical case vignettes drawn from the New England Journal of Medicine clinicopathological case conference series.
—
Spencer Dorn,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vignettes
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Among all the things that make Iliad Bookshop unique is the mural outside, depicting literary scenes and portraits of more than fifty authors and musicians like Charles Dickens, Sylvia Plath, Harper Lee, Pink Floyd and Tom Petty.
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Earlier works often centered on solitary women posed with the self-possession of royal portraits or religious icons.
Verb
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The Department of Transportation outlines the basic policies in major carriers’ contracts.
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This is the first of those reports, which outlines advocacy objectives for the upcoming fiscal year — one of which is taxpayer identity theft.
Noun
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The proximity and the descriptions of her relationship to Chicago could have been me.
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Using contextual clues, including witness interview dates and document descriptions, some files could be located elsewhere, but for many that was not possible.
Verb
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There’s, of course, also hints of early-aughts influence sprinkled in, with low-rise versions of this pant becoming more popular by the day.
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This hints that placing an order and being served with no human interaction may become as ordinary as having a robot complete your household chores.
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But Comer and Jackman’s roles reverse the ballad’s depictions.
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O’Connor’s harrowing depictions of the effects of irresistible grace on the willfully self-damned aren’t everyone’s chalice of wine.
Verb
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Although Juneteenth is a nationwide celebration, the holiday traces its roots to Texas.
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The film is set in a declining industrial city in Northeast China and traces a young man’s search for his father, a small-time schemer who chased quick riches during the freewheeling capitalist surge of the late 1990s and early 2000s in Southern China.
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Area law enforcement officials have previously released pictures of him.
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But some users find clever ways to sidestep those controls, by disguising sensitive requests as role-playing games, poems or pictures, with many swapping tips and ideas online.
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That pretty much summarizes the film’s plot.
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The tool summarizes conversations across Slack channels, extracting insights from messages, documents and files.
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“Vignettes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vignettes. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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