as in graphics
something that visually explains or decorates a text
the strong visuals in the beginning biology book compensate somewhat for the weak text
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Recent Examples of visuals
The Sphere’s ongoing star attraction is The Wizard of Oz, a $100 million immersive version of the 1939 classic that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to expand the movie’s visuals beyond their original framing.
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Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The visuals, dialogue, and world-building are all in line with the new DCU.
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Tiffany Kelly,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 June 2026
It's got the costumes, colors, visuals, it's got the dancing.
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Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
The visuals follow with the intensity that seems urgent and fiery.
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Datwon Thomas,
VIBE.com,
26 June 2026
The Star Fox remake features high-effort visuals and an entertaining battle mode, but its campaign feels outdated, NPR's James Perkins Mastromarino says.
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Brittney Melton,
NPR,
26 June 2026
While Taylor Swift often gets credit for popularizing the notion of era reinventions, artists have played with their visuals to communicate and market new album cycles for decades — just look at Beyoncé, Madonna, David Bowie and The Beatles.
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Chelsey Sanchez,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
In other words, the user has to fight to produce visuals that stray from the formula.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
24 June 2026
The monitor also includes Asus's eye care technology, which helps smooth out visuals without screen tearing and reduces eye strain from long periods of use.
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George Yang,
PC Magazine,
23 June 2026
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The visuals, dialogue, and world-building are all in line with the new DCU.
—
Tiffany Kelly,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 June 2026
It's got the costumes, colors, visuals, it's got the dancing.
—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
The visuals follow with the intensity that seems urgent and fiery.
—
Datwon Thomas,
VIBE.com,
26 June 2026
The Star Fox remake features high-effort visuals and an entertaining battle mode, but its campaign feels outdated, NPR's James Perkins Mastromarino says.
—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
26 June 2026
While Taylor Swift often gets credit for popularizing the notion of era reinventions, artists have played with their visuals to communicate and market new album cycles for decades — just look at Beyoncé, Madonna, David Bowie and The Beatles.
—
Chelsey Sanchez,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
In other words, the user has to fight to produce visuals that stray from the formula.
—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
24 June 2026
The monitor also includes Asus's eye care technology, which helps smooth out visuals without screen tearing and reduces eye strain from long periods of use.
—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visuals
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Data and graphics assistant editor Sean Greene contributed to this report.
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Technology companies are rapidly purchasing high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs) and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to power massive commercial large language models and applications to serve their end-users.
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And while chip diagrams quickly age out of their microscopic, high-technology medium, Schultz’s microchip rugs take the components on which our world operates and draw out their intricacies and beauty.
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Seven-year-old Kyron Horman stood proudly next to his presentation on red-eyed tree frogs, with his homemade tri-fold poster bursting with shades of green and glued-on diagrams of the amphibian’s life cycle.
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The set includes 25 hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes materials; deluxe packaging with rare photographs and new illustrations, plus artwork and documents annotated by Kubrick himself.
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Researchers use them to generate illustrations, create synthetic data, edit lab images and produce materials for education and public outreach.
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Based on those figures, Honsal said 731 dogs remain unaccounted for.
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Kids will create origami figures, write wishes on them and hang them on bamboo.
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“Visuals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visuals. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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