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consisting of or relating to pictures
that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa
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as in vivid
producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description
she writes a very pictorial kind of poetry, using words the way a painter applies strokes of color
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Recent Examples of pictorial
Allison Hatfield, Dallas Morning News, 6 Apr. 2026
For certain great artists, Meis believes, the creative act is a safe harbor where life’s pressures, exigencies, and calamities aren’t so much denied or resolved as reimagined as pictorial dramas.
—Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Skims The actor stars in the pictorial, shot by Carin Backoff, with his fiancée, model Abby Champion.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The point is, modern decorative windows are more restrained, more architectural than pictorial.
—Allison Hatfield, Dallas Morning News, 6 Apr. 2026
For certain great artists, Meis believes, the creative act is a safe harbor where life’s pressures, exigencies, and calamities aren’t so much denied or resolved as reimagined as pictorial dramas.
—Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
Bachardy’s self-portraits and drawings of Isherwood pepper the galleries, a confluence that reveals something that should be obvious: Two portrait artists, one pictorial and the other literary, resided for decades in the same household.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Skims The actor stars in the pictorial, shot by Carin Backoff, with his fiancée, model Abby Champion.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictorial
Adjective
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Currently on sale for 40 percent off, this cool graphic T-shirt is the perfect everyday casual tee.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
26 May 2026
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Serenah McKay,
Arkansas Online,
26 May 2026
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The risks in the space market were made vivid this week with the launchpad explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.—
Krysta Escobar,
CNBC,
30 May 2026
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This is a vivid example of lawmakers inadvertently potentially cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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This year’s 80th edition takes place June 11-14.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Last week, a lawyer representing the two-time reigning NBA MVP sent a cease-and-desist letter to sports prediction market and fantasy sports company Underdog that includes a demand for the destruction of all copies of the cheeky and extremely limited-edition game Unethical Hoops.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Such a change would offer greater photographic versatility and make the iPhone camera that bit closer to a standalone SLR.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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The best photographic window is very short.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Modern magazine journalism generally combines factual reporting with narrative storytelling techniques, including scene-setting, descriptive detail, and literary-style writing.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
21 May 2026
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Being perfectly descriptive does not mean something is predictive.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Brooklinen robes, percale sheets, a clawfoot tub, and complimentary coffee and tea are just the beginning.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
30 May 2026
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For Paul, dragging long sheets of metal was intensive.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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In his gorgeous and arresting debut, Nick Martino hurtles through a variety of forms—from sonnets to visual poems to works of visual art—to vividly portray and reflect on a teenager’s world during and after the speaker’s parents’ divorce and his father’s incarceration.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Parsons spoke to IndieWire in detail about his debut film‘s shot construction, visual effects, sound design, and narrative world-building.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
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More than three decades ago, Ron Howard decided that a story about a fictional New York City tabloid was just his type.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 May 2026
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Local Minneapolis prosecutors had invoked the law to suppress a sensational, anti-Semitic tabloid, The Saturday Press, which had been relentlessly attacking city officials as corrupt and in league with Jewish mobsters.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Pictorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorial. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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