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
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
Though much of the album presents wispy vignettes, the best tracks have clear direction.
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Vanessa Ague,
Pitchfork,
26 June 2026
Sketches, photographs lost in a fire Norman Rockwell was known for using meticulous detail to draw out a range of human emotions in his vignettes of everyday life.
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Elizabeth Blair,
NPR,
25 June 2026
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.
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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
Noun
The workshop’s facilitators posed a series of hypothetical adversarial actions, or vignettes, to the participants.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
Though much of the album presents wispy vignettes, the best tracks have clear direction.
—
Vanessa Ague,
Pitchfork,
26 June 2026
Sketches, photographs lost in a fire Norman Rockwell was known for using meticulous detail to draw out a range of human emotions in his vignettes of everyday life.
—
Elizabeth Blair,
NPR,
25 June 2026
The 44th president himself even provides an on-screen introduction for the seven-episode series, which is otherwise composed of standalone 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.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vignettes
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Alongside artist and archival producer Hudson Campbell, who created oil portraits of the four central figures, the team leaned on AI to add animation, movement, expression, and immediacy to people whose likenesses were absent from history.
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The Pompadour Suite is theatrical in its own way, with dramatic portraits, antique furnishings, and oak floors.
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.
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Some card descriptions are a bit wordy, forcing pauses to reread during your first attempts.
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Design roles around capability, not job descriptions.
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.
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Rich in both scenery and history, the White Pass & Yukon Route traces the path of gold seekers through some of the most rugged landscapes in North America.
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More about Goldhofer and its NC expansion The move marks a significant expansion for the firm, which traces its roots to 1705 and formal establishment in 1946.
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Later pictures showed the structure being towed within the lagoon.
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Space-age music blared night-club-loud as pictures of birds, plants, and flowers cascaded down the walls.
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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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