as in film
the art or business of making a movie
hoping for a career in pictures
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as in depicts
to present a picture of
the famous painting that pictures the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence
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as in imagines
to form a mental picture of
could easily picture the mining town from the vivid description of it in the author's memoirs
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as in describes
to give a representation or account of in words
pictured the sailing ship in vivid language
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Noun
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Eight people died on Mount Everest in May 1996, but the film only highlights five of the deceased: guides Andrew Harris (Martin Henderson), Hall and Fischer, as well as clients Doug Hansen (John Hawkes) and Yasuko Namba (Naoko Mori).—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025 -
For those who are too young to recall, the film, written and directed by Spike Jonze, portrays a future in which people fall deeply in love with A.I.s that are conveyed as voices through their devices.—
Jaron Lanier,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This depicts life in a Syrian village through a complex family drama.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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Traditional and timeless, toile (which is the French word for cloth and often depicts animals, pastoral scenes, and the like) is a Southern designer favorite.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
30 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Adapted from Robert Harris' novel about the papal conclave, the film imagines a series of twists in the modern-day Vatican City.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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One imagines this is also true in professional sports, although with much higher degrees of difficulty.—
Hunter Felt,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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This involves completing a form that describes the bag, collects your contact and delivery info, etc.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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The report describes that authorities continued to observe the property through aerial surveillance.—
KFOX Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The star of cultural touchstones such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, among other movies and specials, has inspired graduates before.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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In March 2023, Alibaba — a sprawling company that does everything from food delivery to cloud computing and movies — decided to split into six separate business groups, each with the ability to raise outside funding and go public.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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King So portrays May Tao, a local journalist with a healthy distrust of the Wausau Police who harbors big secrets of her own.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
20 Dec. 2024
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Little portrays Deputy Brent, Dana’s closest confidant on the force.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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From the very beginnings of filmmaking, with Charlie Chaplin finding fame during the silent era through the use of miming, cinema has relied on more than just sound.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
17 Mar. 2025
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Such technological leaps have elevated deep-sea documentary filmmaking to extraordinary heights—or depths—with documentaries like BBC’s Blue Planet (2001) and Blue Planet II (2017), establishing new standards for underwater cinematography.—
Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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And in fact, the IEA’s own medium-term forecast, out to 2030, suggests that oil demand will rise by 3 million barrels per day (mb/d) by 2030, versus the Stated Policies scenario in the latest World Energy Outlook, which sees 2030 oil demand as virtually unchanged from 2023.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Pictures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictures. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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