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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
The fall 2026 collection is supported with a new campaign that reflects this and unfolds through a series of intimate, voyeuristic vignettes that bring the archetypes to life. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 23 July 2026 In a series of group and individual photos, videos and vignettes, Minji, Hanni, Haerin and Hyein return to viewers with visuals that include references to their history together. — Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Not long after, the couple bought the property next door and converted the space between and behind the two buildings into garden vignettes for entertaining, relaxing and production. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 While these moving vignettes carry the weight of history, Barrois has shrunk them down to miniature size. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026 The vignettes range from aliens crashing a slumber party to a man suffering a rogue ocular transplant, but the finest segments come courtesy of original Blair Witch Project director Eduardo Sánchez and The Raid (2011) filmmaker Gareth Evans. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 The workshop’s facilitators posed a series of hypothetical adversarial actions, or vignettes, to the participants. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vignettes
  1. portraits
  2. outlines
  3. descriptions
  4. hints
  5. depictions
  6. traces
  7. pictures
  8. summarizes
Noun
  • Iosseliani’s poetic portraits of life on the Soviet periphery range from neorealist documentation of collective farms to playful snapshots of Tbilisi, with a light touch reminiscent of the French New Wave.
    — Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
  • At the time, the space was filled with tables and shelves overflowing with antiques, tchotchkes and vintage portraits from a lifetime of collecting.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of portraits
Verb
  • The article outlines specific ChatGPT prompts for finding profitable ventures, structuring pricing for a $1,000 monthly goal, and creating a 30-day plan for success.
    — Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The memorandum, released July 28 by watchdog group American Oversight, outlines how TSA and ICE can share passenger information and how that data is stored and used.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of outlines
Noun
  • Colonial chroniclers recorded epidemics, but their descriptions cannot always identify the responsible pathogen or follow its spread through Indigenous communities.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 30 July 2026
  • Sell the position through concise job descriptions, transparent salary ranges, and highlighting small business advantages like flexibility and impact.
    — Rob Falzon, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of descriptions
Verb
  • Long Term Planning Is Key Since the filing hints that Warner’s estate might lack the means to satisfy the lawsuit’s claims, Tenisha is targeting the Warner Family Trust, which potentially holds the majority of his assets, to make her whole.
    — Morgan Mouchette, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Whoever Sims was blocking was routinely in Miami’s backfield, which hints that Sims, a four-year veteran, might not be stout enough for the in-line work.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Definition of hints
Noun
  • The series’ blend of soapy melodramatics and rough-and-tumble underworld menace will be familiar to anybody who has watched Power, but Power and its spinoffs have always been confident in their only-for-adults depictions of adults-only situations.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
  • But Smith’s energy goes toward perfecting the Damon Albarn impression in its silly hook rather than galvanizing the otherwise lackluster depictions of friendship in his lyrics.
    — Victoria Borlando, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026
Definition of depictions
Verb
  • Nestlé traces its history back 150 years and owns more than 2,000 brands across 186 countries.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • The company traces its roots back more than a hundred years, to Mellors’ great-grandfather, who ran a shooting gallery and a swing boat ride in the 1890s.
    — Ryan P. C. Trimble, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of traces
Noun
  • The charging document also cited one of the many messages Dumarce sent to Cole, including some previously cited by Cole that included threats with pictures of her children.
    — Margaret Baker, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Anticipate major developments, as the Lesnar-Femi clash is highly watched, potentially shaping future title pictures.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of pictures
Verb
  • Adobe Stock Every time someone asks an AI model a question, summarizes a document or generates a piece of code, tokens are being consumed.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • The Downshift summarizes news items in a few sentences, with links to other sites to get the deeper story.
    — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 9 July 2026
Definition of summarizes

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