as in portraits
a vivid representation in words of someone or something
the general's memoirs are filled with revealing vignettes of some of the war's most compelling personalities
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Noun
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After that, Cohen began working with artists like New York painter Will Cotton, known for incorporating candy and various sweets into his portraits.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
13 Mar. 2025 -
The original six, all Republicans, are memorialized with portraits in the first-floor Ladies' Gallery, which also displays artifacts and historical accounts of the suffrage movement.—
Alissa Widman Neese,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The filing outlines various risks, including dependence on third-party manufacturers, potential delays in clinical trials, and the need for additional financing.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
25 Mar. 2025
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The report also highlights Zura Bio's reliance on licensing agreements with Pfizer and Lilly for key intellectual property and outlines potential risks related to these agreements.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Focus on recent, relevant experiences and quantifiable achievements instead of lengthy job descriptions.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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These are links typically found in video descriptions or on LMG’s websites that generate a commission when users make a purchase.—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Each of those originals have offensive depictions of non-white characters (like the Siamese cats in Lady and the crows in Dumbo), and each of their 2019 remakes rightfully remove those depictions.—
Josh Spiegel,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Mar. 2025
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The book contains depictions of characters, both good and evil, in a fairy world.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Beyond jolly attitudes among fund managers and other market participants, the phenomenon traces back to low trading volume and a lack of potentially harmful economic and earnings reports, though jolly attitudes among investors.—
Derek Saul,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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This supports the likelihood that the image is a fabrication that traces to a single source.—
Andre Byik,
USA TODAY,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Helen Schneider, acclaimed internationally for powerful portrayals in musicals like Sunset Boulevard, Evita, and her one-woman show A Walk on the Weill Side, embraced the complexities of portraying Leonard Bernstein.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Audience fascination with Bernstein and von Karajan, Danish argues, stems from a contemporary hunger for authentic portrayals of human complexity.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The device features two lenses — a wide-angle one and an auto-tracking one — and an optional AI analysis feature that keeps track of and summarizes the bath’s visitors.—
Wes Davis,
The Verge,
6 Jan. 2025
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Buried in the thousands of pages of medical records, correspondence and memos that build the hospital’s case against Weiner is a single sheet that summarizes the dying moments of seven people.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
7 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Some, Thomas suggests, may have been apotropaic—that is, intended to ward off evil.—
Peter Ross,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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The muted media response suggests that there is a growing gulf between what AI insiders are seeing and what the public is told.—
Garrison Lovely,
TIME,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Vignettes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vignettes. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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