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 visuals in this eight-minute video, which depicts a section of the Book of Revelation, are entirely generated by artificial intelligence tools.
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Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
The Retina display delivers sharp visuals, and the Touch Bar adds customizable shortcuts for productivity apps and creative tools.
—PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
As was the case with Dark Forces, this remaster has stunning new cutscenes and visuals that are rich in color, as well as online multiplayer modes like deathmatch and capture the flag.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Strain gently into a coupe or cocktail glass, express a lemon peel over the top and discard (for aroma), and decorate the foam with drops of angostura bitters (for visuals).
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
Even with leaks, moles, and a few red herrings thrown in the mix, the series’ characters are so trope laden and its visuals so loaded with symbolism that most of the narrative feels inevitable.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Safety and compliance by design Age‑appropriate visuals only.
—Fortune Games, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Portman, Will Ferrell and America Ferrera are among Arco's English-language version's cast, helping bring to life jaw-dropping visuals (as a trailer teases).
—Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The group is prepared to shake things up in the music scene with their striking visuals, undeniable vocal talent and youthful energy.
—Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
The Retina display delivers sharp visuals, and the Touch Bar adds customizable shortcuts for productivity apps and creative tools.
—PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
As was the case with Dark Forces, this remaster has stunning new cutscenes and visuals that are rich in color, as well as online multiplayer modes like deathmatch and capture the flag.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Strain gently into a coupe or cocktail glass, express a lemon peel over the top and discard (for aroma), and decorate the foam with drops of angostura bitters (for visuals).
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
Even with leaks, moles, and a few red herrings thrown in the mix, the series’ characters are so trope laden and its visuals so loaded with symbolism that most of the narrative feels inevitable.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Safety and compliance by design Age‑appropriate visuals only.
—Fortune Games, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Portman, Will Ferrell and America Ferrera are among Arco's English-language version's cast, helping bring to life jaw-dropping visuals (as a trailer teases).
—Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The group is prepared to shake things up in the music scene with their striking visuals, undeniable vocal talent and youthful energy.
—Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visuals
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To wit and in other pattern news, a pink, purple, yellow, and teal graphic combo on a suit and wrap dress manifested itself on the closing look, a strapless pink velvet dress whose multi-color beading recalled the graphics.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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This new prototype expanded graphics to 384x256, allowed the use of more RAM, and ran at 8 MHz, making the prototype noticeably faster than the 5 MHz Lisa yet substantially cheaper.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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The tools included ChatGPT (to organize the campaign and identify marketing leads), Claude (for data tracking and analysis), ManyChat (to create direct messaging links) and Grok (to make diagrams that would help motivate members of her marketing team).—
Edward Segal,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The way to avoid these limitations isn’t to abandon quantum field theory, but rather to go beyond the perturbative approach of Feynman diagrams, and to perform the full analytic calculations demanded by the underlying quantum field theory.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ditto the Hammer Studios output of the 1950s and ’60s, Bernie Wrightson’s definitive illustrations of the Creature, oodles of Gothic literature, Roger Corman’s Poe pictures, and Mario Bava’s retina-searing color creep shows.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Aniston released her debut children’s book, Clydeo Takes a Bite Out of Life, with illustrations by Bruno Jacob, in October 2024 as the first in a four-book deal between the actress, HarperCollins and Invisible Universe.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Her comments come as Democrats face a leadership crossroads in Washington, with long-serving figures under scrutiny and younger candidates pushing for change.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Plenty of timepiece brands increased their prices, too, in response to those initial tariff figures back in April, according to Hodinkee.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Visuals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visuals. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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