as in illustration
something that visually explains or decorates a text
the explanation of the process of photosynthesis is accompanied by a very useful diagram
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Recent Examples of diagram
Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2025
At age 90, the University of Chicago emeritus professor stood demurely before an audience of local teachers, plumbers, children and housewives explaining complex diagrams and math equations on an overhead projector.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Emma Green, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Nevada called timeout and diagrammed a play for 6-foot-6 guard Kenan Blackshear to back down his defender in the lane and shoot a fade-away jumper.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
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Noun
But the four-ellipse diagram doesn’t have rotational symmetry.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2025
At age 90, the University of Chicago emeritus professor stood demurely before an audience of local teachers, plumbers, children and housewives explaining complex diagrams and math equations on an overhead projector.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
In most classical schools, phonics reign, and students learn grammar by diagramming sentences.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Nevada called timeout and diagrammed a play for 6-foot-6 guard Kenan Blackshear to back down his defender in the lane and shoot a fade-away jumper.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diagram
Noun
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Watch the video below for an illustration of the changes.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2025
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The Blue Book will streamline the world of the books and real life, with scenes from Hilderbrand’s novels written in the 144-page guidebook alongside watercolor illustrations by artist Meredith Hanson, known for her paintings of Nantucket and local businesses on the island.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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To catalog these scents, Strlič and colleagues visited Egypt to work with Abdelhalim and nine of the museum’s mummies.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Feb. 2025
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The map cataloged a remarkable variety of cloud patterns occurring on Mars, including some unlike anything seen on Earth.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The series charts the far-reaching impacts of Claire’s nervous breakdown on her career, personal relationships and identity.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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Though some of his peers might have jumped at the OHL, Haymes charted his own path.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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The company’s growth streak has been driven by the fact that its data center graphics processing units, or GPUs, are essential hardware for building and deploying artificial intelligence applications like OpenAI’s ChatGPT.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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Photograph in first graphic by Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times.—
Brian M. Rosenthal,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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While indexing the cost basis for inflation would bring record-keeping complexities for taxpayers and brokerage firms, it could also be seen as a potential pro-economic-growth tax policy.—
Bruce Brumberg,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Others have asked for it to be permanently indexed to inflation.—
Ian Max Stevenson,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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More problematically, Stones’ stance makes a back for the shot, and sends it looping past Ortega into the far corner.—
Michael Cox,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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From then on, Mars will loop back to the east, resuming its normal eastward path among the stars.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Paired with these out-there visuals are rather poignant subtitles as Noah ponders time and grief, ultimately leading him to embrace the present and enjoy every moment with the doll before losing track of him.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2025
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Muse was given one second of real human gameplay – both visual information and controller inputs – and then another nine seconds of just controller inputs, to see how the model was learning to generate accurate visuals.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Previous assessments already painted a grim picture, with a third of sharks, rays, and chimaeras classified as threatened with extinction.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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The United States classified Hezbollah as a terror organization after the 1983 bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Diagram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagram. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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