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
Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Into both panels, Martin cut out recesses, some of which contain found images of sunsets and taxonomic diagrams of frogs.
—Sarah Khan Jameson Montgomery Cathy Erway Lindsey Tramuta Jameson Montgomery Reggie Nadelson, New York Times, 16 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
Think of your top skills and knowledge like a vin diagram.
—Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Into both panels, Martin cut out recesses, some of which contain found images of sunsets and taxonomic diagrams of frogs.
—Sarah Khan Jameson Montgomery Cathy Erway Lindsey Tramuta Jameson Montgomery Reggie Nadelson, New York Times, 16 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
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Editors’ Picks Source photographs for illustration above: Focus Features; Ullstein Bild, via Getty Images; Everett Collection.—
Jim Shepard,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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There are also helpful illustrations and a few chapters about mathematics.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Tracking what was being abruptly proposed and voted on was a two-person operation, with my colleague David Zahniser and me splitting the work of snapping photos of the motions, cataloging them in numerical order and quickly reading through them.—
Tony Barboza,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Language Barriers During the first half of the 20th century, most linguists were concerned with cataloging the world’s languages.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Jan. 2025
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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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Leather varsity jackets and biker jackets are given the McLaren Formula 1 treatment with the team’s logo and graphics.—
Kanika Talwar,
WWD,
13 Feb. 2025
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Jacobson and Sports Interactive saw it as a necessary switch that could improve the game’s graphics and overall performance while also protecting the franchise’s long-term future.—
Elias Burke,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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His latest on the subject, and the one to which Kennedy was referring, appeared in a journal that is not indexed by the National Library of Medicine or by any other organization that might provide it with some scientific credibility.—
Adam Marcus,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2025
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The site also sold access to a tool to search for stolen and leaked logins indexed from billions of websites.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
30 Jan. 2025
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To save energy, the mission will take a different, slower path than Blue Ghost 1 — the Resilience lander will essentially fly past the moon and, months later, return to get looped back into its orbit.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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Schwartz said Madigan wasn’t just involved in the scheme, and he was not just looped in by his co-defendant Michael McClain.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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What follows is a succession of scenes, each a different kind of theater, a different kind of music, different movement, different visuals, with mostly different characters.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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The developer showed off its impressive visuals at various showcases but never revealed when the game would be coming out.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Nearly three-quarters of all Northeast snowstorms classified as Category 3 or higher on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale, or NESIS, from 1956 to 2022 took place in late January or early February, according to statistics from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The international community views Syrian civil society organizations more favorably than the caretaker government, whose leaders were classified as terrorists in many countries until recently.—
Jesse Marks,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Diagram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagram. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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