The book contains a great deal of sexual imagery.
The movie was full of biblical imagery.
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The satellites are fitted with custom six-band, multispectral infrared cameras designed to capture imagery suitable for machine learning algorithms to accurately identify wildfires, differentiating them from misleading objects like smokestacks.—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025 At Sotheby’s Story Café, the walls and accompanying props and furnishings will be covered, from floor to ceiling, with Aldridge’s kaleidoscopic imagery of women in the kitchen, including one carving ham.—Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025 Each puzzle features stunning and highly modern imagery that would look just as good hanging in your living room as it would being assembled on a table.—Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2025 Hopefully the Center provides immediately accessible text, at least for the portrait of the Center’s primary patron, Paul Mellon, which includes imagery of enslaved children.—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for imagery
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Etymology
Middle English ymagerie "images portrayed in sculpture, painting, etc.," borrowed from Anglo-French, from ymage, imageimage entry 1 + -erie-ery
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