as in illustration
something that visually explains or decorates a text
the explanation of the process of photosynthesis is accompanied by a very useful diagram
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Recent Examples of diagram
Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Into both panels, Martin cut out recesses, some of which contain found images of sunsets and taxonomic diagrams of frogs.
—Sarah Khan Jameson Montgomery Cathy Erway Lindsey Tramuta Jameson Montgomery Reggie Nadelson, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Emma Green, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Nevada called timeout and diagrammed a play for 6-foot-6 guard Kenan Blackshear to back down his defender in the lane and shoot a fade-away jumper.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
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Noun
Think of your top skills and knowledge like a vin diagram.
—Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Into both panels, Martin cut out recesses, some of which contain found images of sunsets and taxonomic diagrams of frogs.
—Sarah Khan Jameson Montgomery Cathy Erway Lindsey Tramuta Jameson Montgomery Reggie Nadelson, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
In most classical schools, phonics reign, and students learn grammar by diagramming sentences.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Nevada called timeout and diagrammed a play for 6-foot-6 guard Kenan Blackshear to back down his defender in the lane and shoot a fade-away jumper.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
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Editors’ Picks Source photographs for illustration above: Focus Features; Ullstein Bild, via Getty Images; Everett Collection.—
Jim Shepard,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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There are also helpful illustrations and a few chapters about mathematics.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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To catalog these scents, Strlič and colleagues visited Egypt to work with Abdelhalim and nine of the museum’s mummies.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Feb. 2025
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The map cataloged a remarkable variety of cloud patterns occurring on Mars, including some unlike anything seen on Earth.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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The series charts the far-reaching impacts of Claire’s nervous breakdown on her career, personal relationships and identity.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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Though some of his peers might have jumped at the OHL, Haymes charted his own path.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Leather varsity jackets and biker jackets are given the McLaren Formula 1 treatment with the team’s logo and graphics.—
Kanika Talwar,
WWD,
13 Feb. 2025
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This has caused price hikes for Nvidia’s latest graphics cards, the RTX 5000 series, according to Newegg.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
12 Feb. 2025
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His latest on the subject, and the one to which Kennedy was referring, appeared in a journal that is not indexed by the National Library of Medicine or by any other organization that might provide it with some scientific credibility.—
Adam Marcus,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2025
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The site also sold access to a tool to search for stolen and leaked logins indexed from billions of websites.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
30 Jan. 2025
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More problematically, Stones’ stance makes a back for the shot, and sends it looping past Ortega into the far corner.—
Michael Cox,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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From then on, Mars will loop back to the east, resuming its normal eastward path among the stars.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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What follows is a succession of scenes, each a different kind of theater, a different kind of music, different movement, different visuals, with mostly different characters.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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Here's How Fans Saved It Delta is a modern remake of the game that updates its visuals to better achieve the cinematic luster that the original had in its sights, although the 2004 version was no slouch.—
Ashley Bardhan,
Rolling Stone,
6 Feb. 2025
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The international community views Syrian civil society organizations more favorably than the caretaker government, whose leaders were classified as terrorists in many countries until recently.—
Jesse Marks,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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Nearly three-quarters of all Northeast snowstorms classified as Category 3 or higher on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale, or NESIS, from 1956 to 2022 took place in late January or early February, according to statistics from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Diagram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagram. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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