as in to chart
to show and compare the values of variables in a set of data by means of a drawing
They used a computer program to graph monthly rainfall amounts over a period of five years.
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Tap that card to see your sleep debt graphed over the course of the week.
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PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
The movie’s silences about money are matched by wider-ranging silences, which concern the other axis—communication—on which the story is graphed.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
The gap of 131 years between Scientific American’s claim and Ghosh’s assessment opens a rift between enthusiasm and shame that graphs the curve of the petroleum age.
—Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024
Two Texas men who authorities say stole $18,500 in graphing calculators from eight east-metro Target stores last year are among the first to be sentenced under Minnesota’s organized retail theft law, which hit the books in August 2023.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 17 Mar. 2025
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PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
The movie’s silences about money are matched by wider-ranging silences, which concern the other axis—communication—on which the story is graphed.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
The gap of 131 years between Scientific American’s claim and Ghosh’s assessment opens a rift between enthusiasm and shame that graphs the curve of the petroleum age.
—Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024
Two Texas men who authorities say stole $18,500 in graphing calculators from eight east-metro Target stores last year are among the first to be sentenced under Minnesota’s organized retail theft law, which hit the books in August 2023.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graph
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Metallica has been a fixture on Billboard’s Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart for years by this point.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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It’s charted for six straight weeks — longer than any other first-year Netflix show since September.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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Models efficient enough to run offline and without the need for computing in the cloud have gained steam in the AI community in recent years.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Meanwhile, another side was full of PC monitors and prebuilt desktops and laptops, giving consumers a wide range of computing options.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
30 May 2025
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That proposal submitted by Polk Stanley Wilcox was estimated to cost at least $136,000; the optional inclusion of the shock wires would have added approximately $55,000 to the total price.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2025
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The global ad tech sector in 2025 is estimated to be between $795 billion and $1.5 trillion depending on who’s doing the estimating (exact market definitions and overlaps can vary, with most estimates closer to the first number).—
David Doty,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Artillery missions had been plotted the night before.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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The filmmaker puts aside the self-reflexive storytelling that has marked much of his work since he was first arrested in 2010, delivering a straightforward narrative that’s plotted like a good thriller but builds into a stark condemnation of abusive power.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2025
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Despite the rise in dollar amounts, beneficiaries are seeing the value of these payments eroded by inflation and structural issues in how COLAs are calculated.—
Dan Cody,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Jackie Faherty Senior Research Scientist at the American Museum of Natural History Jackie Faherty is a senior research scientist at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in charge of calculating the exact timings for the Manhattanhenge phenomenon.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 May 2025
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Andrew started diagramming the play and breaking it down.—
Bruce Arians,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Warriors coach Freddie Cintron diagrammed a down-screen to free Serene Exalant, who broke open for a long pass and a layup that clinched the game with time expiring.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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The document, dated November 2022 and obtained by NGO Monitor, outlines the U.K.'s humanitarian strategy in the occupied Palestinian territories.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2025
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According to the legislation, the foundation high school program — the default graduation program for students that outlines what courses must be taken in high school — would be updated to include at least one semester of personal financial literacy.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 May 2025
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The Arizona State University research team measured more than two decades of NASA satellite observations and used land modeling to trace how groundwater tables in the Colorado River basin were dwindling.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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Many of those groups have funding sources that have been difficult to trace and have funnelled billions of dollars to conservative causes, including groups that had been preparing for Trump’s second term.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
30 May 2025
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“Graph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graph. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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