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a vivid representation in words of someone or something
his account created in the jurors' heads a detailed portrait of a lonely old man
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Recent Examples of portrait
Videos of the crowds showed them waving Hezbollah flags and holding portraits of fighters killed during last year’s war.
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Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Jan. 2025
Stairs lead to their cells above, and around the perimeter of the room are portraits of HARP men who have died.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
Together, the two halves capture the glow of nearly 200 million stars across the Andromeda galaxy, marking the largest ever portrait assembled from Hubble telescope observations.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025
The result is an exceptional collection of portraits of children made between the 16th and 19th centuries located in their Mallorca museum.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Jan. 2025
Stairs lead to their cells above, and around the perimeter of the room are portraits of HARP men who have died.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
Together, the two halves capture the glow of nearly 200 million stars across the Andromeda galaxy, marking the largest ever portrait assembled from Hubble telescope observations.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025
The result is an exceptional collection of portraits of children made between the 16th and 19th centuries located in their Mallorca museum.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for portrait
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Police did not release a description of the vehicle nor information about a possible suspect.—
Gary Warth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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The legal descriptions correspond to 2955, 2960 and 2990 Coconut Ave.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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The dramatized depiction of an investigation into Chandler’s claims against Jackson open and close the script, Puck states.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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Her vivid depictions of climate change, inequality and resilience remain a testament to her unparalleled ability to look at the present and imagine what lies ahead.—
Melissa Noel,
Essence,
23 Jan. 2025
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In addition to receiving praise for its comedic chops, the series has been lauded for its authentic, if sometimes overdone, portrayal of the world of the 1990s.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2025
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The other was for her portrayal of Joseph Stalin’s mother-in-law in an HBO movie about the former Soviet leader.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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However, details and the nuanced picture of performance with the new GeForce RTX 5090, which is first out of the gate, had to wait until today’s embargo lift.—
Dave Altavilla,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The clear picture here is that hunters in the South tend to be more successful.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
23 Jan. 2025
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The sequence of Harriet and Bill, though only twenty-four minutes long, sketches depths of torment latent in family life with a nerve-jangling power to match dramatic films by Nicholas Ray.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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Copping has been looking at couture sketches from Jeanne Lanvin’s ’20s and ’30s collections, as well as dresses in the collections of the Palais Galliera and The Met’s Costume Institute.—
Sarah Mower,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Portrait.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portrait. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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