vignetting

verb

present participle of vignette
as in silhouetting

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  1. silhouetting
  2. hinting
  3. tracing
  4. summing up
  5. outlining
  6. suggesting
  7. exhibiting
  8. drafting
Verb
  • The sculptural dress—part of Louis Vuitton's fall 2026 collection—featured a square neckline framed by a dramatic collar that flared out behind her head, beautifully silhouetting the actress's curly bob hairstyle.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
  • As the full moon sank below the horizon, silhouetting palm trees at Jetty Park, the light of dawn ushered in the arrival of the world’s largest cruise ship to its new homeport on Florida’s Space Coast.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
Definition of silhouetting
Verb
  • The filmmaker was hinting heavily at what might be in store for the festival’s surprise screening Wednesday evening at the Institut Lumière.
    — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • With the midterms coming up and the administration hinting generally at more budget cuts in the past week, educators here want to spread the word.
    — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of hinting
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  • Health Minister Muhammad Pate said authorities had begun tracing 44 people identified as contacts of the patient.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • These games are also lighter in terms of ray-tracing demands, running on the first versions of the technology, which were widely toggleable and focused on more realistic reflections and shadows.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of tracing
Verb
  • One man, summing up the shock, anger and frustration for everyone, stared straight ahead and at one in particular, gathering up whatever air was left in his lungs and yelled one more f-bomb for good measure.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Beautiful words—really summing up what her whole career is about.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of summing up
Verb
  • State Farm Arena provided a statement to OutKick outlining the security arrangements.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The City of Modesto is outlining its plans to improve traffic safety along Coffee Road after another pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Sunday.
    — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of outlining
Verb
  • The tests could easily do the opposite, as people with results suggesting cancer require follow-up testing that overwhelms our healthcare system, potentially delaying diagnoses for people with cancer.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The researchers also found evidence that features of both states could briefly coexist, suggesting that their relationship is more complicated than a simple winner-takes-all competition.
    — Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of suggesting
Verb
  • The third argument that keeps landing is that the models are exhibiting agency.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Marketed at the time as the horror genre’s take on Robert Altman’s Hollywood meta-take The Player, New Nightmare featured the original’s actors and director as themselves, exhibiting varying levels of comfort with their cult fame.
    — Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of exhibiting
Verb
  • The ultra-Orthodox have traditionally been exempt from military service, but in 2024, Israel's Supreme Court ruled that in the absence of any law legalizing the exemption, the military must start drafting them.
    — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Moncler minted a trio of icons by drafting Cher, Grace Jones and Jennie to star in a new campaign to promote the luxury fashion house’s new Re/Icons collection.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of drafting
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