vignetting

verb

Definition of vignettingnext
present participle of vignette
as in silhouetting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vignetting
  1. hinting
  2. tracing
  3. outlining
  4. suggesting
  5. exhibiting
Verb
  • Prasad recalls a local official hinting that the decision came from Kumari Mayawati, then the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The sweet fruit of the palate is popped with acidity, and there is a chocolate-hinting plushness kissed with coffee, blood oranges, and blackberries.
    Brian Freedman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of hinting
Verb
  • The dominant view, tracing back to Aristotle, had long assumed that the Earth and other celestial bodies weren’t just separated by a chasm in space, but by distinctions in all other qualities too.
    Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is working on tracing the handgun that was used in the shooting, police have said.
    NBC News, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of tracing
Verb
  • Multilateral organizations may also need clear protocols outlining who can access confidential materials, under what circumstances, and for how long.
    Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In this respect, the third plenum and the recent liquidity boost missed a trick in not outlining a Keynesian style stimulus for the economy (or even longer-run structural one).
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of outlining
Verb
  • Jake followed those rumors with a post suggesting he’d been approached with the concept.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Gardiner is expected to be faithful to the novels and has spoken in the past about her dislike of sanitizing horror, suggesting that darker themes in Potter could be embraced.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of suggesting
Verb
  • But these appointments in public office are not just women exhibiting power.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The brash podcast even hosted presidential candidates exhibiting its influence and cultural relevance, according to YouTube.
    Pueng Vongs, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of exhibiting
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