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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 graphic
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
IEEE Spectrum, 23 Aug. 2021
The horrific, lethal, split-second impact comes in frame 313, seven rows up from the bottom and 16 frames to the right, where a burst of vertical light interrupts the horizontal flow of the terrible pictorial narrative.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2022
And your pictorial really brings it home.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
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Adjective
Rather, entropy reflects the diversity of the pictorial information.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Aug. 2021
The horrific, lethal, split-second impact comes in frame 313, seven rows up from the bottom and 16 frames to the right, where a burst of vertical light interrupts the horizontal flow of the terrible pictorial narrative.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
Royal Oak: From Iconoclast to Icon, written by journalist and acting editor-in-chief of Wallpaper magazine, Bill Prince, and published by Assouline, is the first book on the famous AP model in a decade (the last book, mostly a pictorial, was written by Martin K. Wehrli and Heinz Heimann in 2012).
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2022
And your pictorial really brings it home.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
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Noun
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will release for both Switch 2 and Switch, and several games for the original Switch will have Switch 2 editions, with enhanced graphics and for some games, such as Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Super Mario Party Jamboree, new content or gameplay.—
Felecia Wellington Radel,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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Past editions have featured performances from artists like RÜFÜS DU SOL, Kaytranada, Skrillex and Solomun, while attracting an elite mix of artists, designers, athletes and industry leaders from around the globe.—
Cat Johnson,
Billboard,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Apr. 2025
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Warning, graphic content An American ICU nurse had a harrowing brush with death after her rental moped crashed during a vacation to Thailand, leaving her with a brain bleed, a broken collarbone and shattered teeth.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The discussion quickly revealed a vivid tapestry of how childfree adults navigate life after hours, with activities ranging from quiet nights streaming favorite shows to workout sessions, team sports, and reconnecting over dinners with friends.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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In the 12th or 15th centuries, that contradiction expressed the prevailing Christian moral framework in vivid and evocative ways.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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Best Amazon Home Deals Under $25 Stock up your home for spring while these cooling bed sheets, these outdoor string lights, and cleaning gadgets are on sale.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Great for both adults and kids alike (just check out the set with the sun and moon pattern!), these are the perfect, inexpensive sheets for guest rooms and kids’ bedrooms, but the sheets are also luxurious enough for a primary bedroom, too.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The journey itself becomes a photographic odyssey, with each turn revealing new vistas of natural splendor.—
Shelby Knick,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The majority of this revenue would go to the General Fund, while the remainder goes to the Transportation Trust Fund; A repeal of the 6% sales tax exemption on photographic or artistic material used in advertising.—
Hannah Gaskill,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Add descriptive subheadings to break up text logically.—
Guy Leon Sheetrit,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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By the early 1950s, a descriptive quality had been added to the portrayal of select U.S. cities.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There had been reports in the UK tabloid papers that Oasis had set plans to document their reunion tour for cinema audiences.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2025
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And late in 2020, the British tabloid The Sun published a recording of Tom Cruise going ballistic on the set of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning.—
Bob Mondello,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Test out various methods to influence your auditory and visual environment.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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When Nintendo finally officially revealed the Switch 2 in January, one of our major unanswered questions concerned whether games designed for the original Switch would see some form of visual or performance enhancement when running on the backward-compatible Switch 2.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Pictorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorial. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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