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Participants also can join field trips to Mine Wash and pictograph and petroglyph sites.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The pictographs date back 10,000 years, and although many are on private property and off-limits to visitors, tours are available at the nearby Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
The pictograph is read from right to left at the beginning, then each subsequent line is read from the opposite direction of the previous.
—Carin Schoppmeyer, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 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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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The pictographs date back 10,000 years, and although many are on private property and off-limits to visitors, tours are available at the nearby Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
The pictograph is read from right to left at the beginning, then each subsequent line is read from the opposite direction of the previous.
—Carin Schoppmeyer, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 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
Noun
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The lowering of a flag is seen as a symbol of mourning, distress, or a salute to the fallen and dates back to the 17th century.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Aquarians, who are represented by the water-bearer symbol, are also some of the most honest and well-intentioned people out there, according to astrologists.—
Ana Escalante,
Glamour,
20 Jan. 2025
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At age five, his depiction of Tom Mix snagged him a gold medal in the John Wanamaker department store's drawing contest.—
Etelka Lehoczky,
NPR,
21 Jan. 2025
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The ticket matched five winning Powerball numbers and the Power Play multiplier, but not the Powerball, in the drawing Saturday, Jan. 18, the national Powerball site said.—
Don Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2025
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Stewart's ability to hit for power could be an attractive attribute for a team that hit 160 home runs in 2024 — 25th in Major League Baseball.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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There were clear attributes to like and clear room for growth there all along.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 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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America’s most popular airline routes (by Melvin Backman) SURPRISING DISCOVERIES Fifty years ago this weekend, scientists radioed a distant cluster of stars a pictogram using binary code.—
Melvin Backman,
Quartz,
18 Nov. 2024
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The baby becomes an emblem of what Lynch can do: create images that live in your mind and burrow under your skin.—
Esther Zuckerman,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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The bald eagle has been a significant symbol of the United States since 1782, when it was chosen as the national emblem.—
Renan Botelho,
WWD,
9 Jan. 2025
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Since leaving the White House, Mr. Trump has lent his name and image to dozens of products.—
Karen Yourish,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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The sight of affluent public figures — even Indiana Jones himself — grappling with the potential loss of their homes is a striking new image in the growing category of climate refugees.—
Rebecca Keegan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
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In another upload, Biles showed various luxury watches in glass cases and a photo of a dinner plate with the Audemars Piguet logo.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Los Angeles firefighters surrounded the center-ice logo as a tribute video played on the scoreboard for all first responders and firefighters.—
Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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A lot of people say, ‘Well, suffering is good for art.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
19 Jan. 2025
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Tickets also include entry to the Faith Chapel and Mosaic Gallery, an interactive museum highlighting both art and history.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Pictograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictograph. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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