picturing

present participle of picture
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as in depicting
to present a picture of the famous painting that pictures the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence

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as in drawing
to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface the next assignment is to picture your own face using colored pencils

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  • The campaign involves social media, digital content depicting large Madewell gift boxes atop landmarks around the city, and a New York Times insert appearing Sunday.
    David Moin, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
  • By depicting how the band impacted fans on a non-musical level, Beatles '64 both accentuates their power as a cultural force that transcends songs and also makes the message resonate even more deeply for those of us who didn’t follow their path to rockstar glory.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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  • Start by imagining your ideal day.
    Cepee Tabibian, Contributor, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
  • But then that is the fun of this right now, imagining the possibilities.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
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  • There’s also the corresponding Van Neumann bottleneck, describing limitations in transfer between the CPU and the memory.
    John Werner, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Penny did not testify, but several of his relatives, friends and fellow Marines did — describing him as an upstanding, patriotic and empathetic man.
    Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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  • Elsewhere in his interview with the Sunday Times, Craig dismissed the idea that portraying a gay man while still leading the Bond franchise would have made a statement on masculinity.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 8 Dec. 2024
  • This failure has eroded the Democratic brand, with right-wing media filling the void and portraying Democrats as out-of-touch elites.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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  • BlackRock is seeing a higher mix of higher-margin, higher-fee products including alternative investments which have higher fees.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Kat Dunbar, of Bedminster, recalled seeing what at first appeared to be a UFO while driving home with her children.
    David Chiu, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Picturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picturing. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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