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consisting of or relating to pictures
that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa
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producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description
she writes a very pictorial kind of poetry, using words the way a painter applies strokes of color
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Recent Examples of pictorial
Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
Scenic Christmas Plates Find artful (and highly collectible) pictorial holiday plates to star in your dinner theater.
—Sandra S. Soria, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2024
Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2022
And your pictorial really brings it home.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
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At the Met, his depictions of the life of Saint Nicholas bathe us in expressiveness, insight, and pictorial complexity.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
Scenic Christmas Plates Find artful (and highly collectible) pictorial holiday plates to star in your dinner theater.
—Sandra S. Soria, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2024
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Royal Oak: From Iconoclast to Icon, written by journalist and acting editor-in-chief of Wallpaper magazine, Bill Prince, and published by Assouline, is the first book on the famous AP model in a decade (the last book, mostly a pictorial, was written by Martin K. Wehrli and Heinz Heimann in 2012).
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2022
And your pictorial really brings it home.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
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The visual arrives ahead of the release of Lana, the deluxe edition of her smash album SOS.Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
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Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest and Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers topped the 44th edition of the awards with three wins apiece, with the former title winning Best Director and Film of the Year.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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The graphic footage showed two deputies chatting as a man emerged from his cell with his hands cuffed behind him.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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The graphic designer told EW that the only advantage of being a backup player is understanding how the pre-game works.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Be sure to stay through the credits as there are some pretty vivid clues about who Sonic and the gang may be facing next.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
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Based on Cormac McCarthy’s vivid novel, the film won the Oscar for best picture.Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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According to a fact sheet released by the Defense Department, the U.S. works with Ukraine and other countries to research the threats of dangerous diseases affecting animals and humans.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Let cool on baking sheets 5 minutes; transfer to wire rack, and let cool completely, about 20 minutes.Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2024
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And while the reception for her art changed drastically over the years, the work itself maintained an intellectual rigor, criticality and playfulness that spanned her performances, collages, photographic diptychs and series, writings and more.Benjamin Sutton, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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There's literally photographic evidence that proves that this could not have happened.Stephanie Maurice, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Ensuring all multimedia content is accessible by adding descriptive text for images and closed captions, transcripts and audio descriptions.Ran Ronen, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The enhanced captions — or Expressive Captions as Google calls them — add descriptive phrases to try and capture non-spoken moments in dialogue; think [gasp] or [applause].Allison Johnson, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2024
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That strategy by some in the department, claims John Ramsey, included a relentless campaign of leaks, fed mostly to the nation's tabloids, that had a devastating effect on public opinion.Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
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In March, rumors spread of Martin’s engagement to longtime partner Dakota Johnson; of late, tabloids have been floating the idea that the relationship has cooled.Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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Under the new rule, vehicles must display visual and audio warnings upon start-up to inform the driver of the status of rear seat belts.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Considering the success rate of the visual discovery platform’s predictions over the past few years, there’s no better way to start planning for the year ahead than diving into the wonderful world of these exciting trend concepts across fashion, beauty, and lifestyle categories.Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Pictorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorial. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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