as in graphic
producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description
vivid language that made the scene come alive in my mind
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Recent Examples of vivid
The meteors can appear anywhere in the night sky, with some leaving vivid trails in their wake, NASA said.
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Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
For example, the familiar Mario red is much more vivid on the Switch OLED than on the original Switch.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
The powdered packets taste similar, if not a bit stronger, with vivid hues from artificial food coloring.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
The discussion quickly revealed a vivid tapestry of how childfree adults navigate life after hours, with activities ranging from quiet nights streaming favorite shows to workout sessions, team sports, and reconnecting over dinners with friends.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
For example, the familiar Mario red is much more vivid on the Switch OLED than on the original Switch.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
The powdered packets taste similar, if not a bit stronger, with vivid hues from artificial food coloring.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
The discussion quickly revealed a vivid tapestry of how childfree adults navigate life after hours, with activities ranging from quiet nights streaming favorite shows to workout sessions, team sports, and reconnecting over dinners with friends.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vivid
Adjective
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Part of this surge is just practical, said Elizabeth Goodspeed, a graphic designer and writer.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This new method adds to the more qualitative, descriptive criteria many researchers, including our team, use to make mark identifications.—
Briana Pobiner,
The Conversation,
11 Apr. 2025
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The platform enables non-experts to specify a robot’s operational and structural parameters using simple descriptive input.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The picturesque snow covered peaks printed on souvenir coffee cups and postcards transformed into a collection of slide paths, terrain traps, and epic ski lines.—
Ashley Thess,
Outdoor Life,
14 Mar. 2025
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Around one-fifth of red wolves meet their end on a bumper, many on US 64, a primary route that vacationers take to the Outer Banks, the picturesque chain of barrier islands that line North Carolina’s seaboard.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The models are also trained to follow instructions more literally, which requires careful and specific prompting but allows for greater control over the output.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Hilbert mentioned some specific subgoals, however, and researchers have since refined his vision into concrete steps toward its solution.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
14 Apr. 2025
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Moments of standoffishness or awkwardness are emphasized with jump cuts to her face, the camera lingering on her expressive, quizzical features.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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In the past decade and half, the key shift in her painterly language is the sinuous, expressive lines that appear within her images, often in the foreground.—
Emmanuel Iduma,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Vivid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vivid. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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