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Recent Examples of pictograph
Hang out at the famous black sand beach or meander the six miles of trails through ancient sites and pictographs.
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Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
Understanding that motifs from seals are directly related to the pictographs that would eventually lay the foundation for the first writing system shows how meaning was transferred from motifs to script, the study authors said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Participants also can join field trips to Mine Wash and pictograph and petroglyph sites.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Lower Pecos River Region — Amistad National Recreation Area, Texas
(Credit: Arabel Mortimer/Shutterstock)
More than 300 pictograph sites have been documented in the caves, overhangs, and rocks in the Lower Pecos River Region.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
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Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
Understanding that motifs from seals are directly related to the pictographs that would eventually lay the foundation for the first writing system shows how meaning was transferred from motifs to script, the study authors said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Participants also can join field trips to Mine Wash and pictograph and petroglyph sites.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Lower Pecos River Region — Amistad National Recreation Area, Texas
(Credit: Arabel Mortimer/Shutterstock)
More than 300 pictograph sites have been documented in the caves, overhangs, and rocks in the Lower Pecos River Region.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictograph
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The company said the dress code change will maintain the green apron's status as the symbol for Starbucks since they were introduced in 1987.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Women began appearing at anti-Trump protests wearing costumes inspired by the show—the handmaids’ long red cloaks and snow-white broad-brimmed bonnets serving as symbols of their political discontent.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2025
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The eighty-one-year-old Crumb, dressed in a long dark coat and his trademark fedora and Coke-bottle glasses, looked over his drawings as if trying to place old acquaintances at a party.—
Bruce Handy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Walz, who has worked many years as a special-education teacher, infuses his drawings with energy, with Theo free falling, sometimes upside down, in a palette of grays and maroons.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
13 Apr. 2025
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Counsell’s decision to hire Quintin Berry away from the Milwaukee Brewers may have taken those attributes to another level.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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An attribute that Buffett considers to be the hallmark of the highest achievers.—
Steve Taplin,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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But decoding the pictograms could be a culturally and historically significant task.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
5 Mar. 2025
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Labels typically include warning pictograms and complex regulatory information in various formats.—
Jeanette Rohr,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Rescue workers, at least two of whom can be seen wearing uniforms, are seen exiting a fire truck and an ambulance marked with the emblem of the Red Crescent and approaching the ambulance derailed to the side.—
Farnaz Fassihi,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Each movement is engraved with an emblem representing Vacheron Constantin’s 270th anniversary.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The New Yorker received the National Magazine Award for photography, winning for images illustrating three very distinct stories.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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The images feature the brand’s ready-to-wear, custom and bespoke suits, the latter of which are available by appointment with the company’s master tailor.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This technology enables robots to identify recyclable materials by recognizing patterns in colors, textures, shapes and logos, spotting a stray plastic bottle in a sea of trash faster than any human.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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The Global Payments Company logo seen displayed on a smartphone.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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The exhibit displays over two centuries of sculptures that show how art has produced and reproduced racial attitudes and ideologies.—
John P. Jackson,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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The title drop, when a line of dialogue references the film’s title, is a delicate art with a distinct cult following.—
Donald Liebenson,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Pictograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictograph. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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