as in illustration
something that visually explains or decorates a text
the use of graphics in the text of the dictionary helps to break up the visual monotony of the page
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also graphical
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as in vivid
producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description
the report offered many graphic details about the devastating earthquake that rocked the area
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as in visual
consisting of or relating to pictures
got a degree in graphic design
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Recent Examples of graphic
Elise Taylor, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
But the effects are already being felt in parts of the gaming market, with retailer Newegg blaming tariffs for the rising prices of recent Nvidia graphics cards.
—Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2025
The message was accompanied by a graphic showing eight Aztecs players with eligibility next season: Miles Byrd, Reese Waters, Nick Boyd, BJ Davis, Miles Heide, Magoon Gwath, Taj DeGourville and Pharaoh Compton.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
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Noun
No clothing in Severance can have labels, logos, or graphics.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
But the effects are already being felt in parts of the gaming market, with retailer Newegg blaming tariffs for the rising prices of recent Nvidia graphics cards.
—Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
In the citron guest room covered in a graphic ikat from Pierre Frey, a custom nightstand by Superior Woodcraft is topped with a mushroom-like Ceramicah Glazed Tera Lamp.
—Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2025
The message was accompanied by a graphic showing eight Aztecs players with eligibility next season: Miles Byrd, Reese Waters, Nick Boyd, BJ Davis, Miles Heide, Magoon Gwath, Taj DeGourville and Pharaoh Compton.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graphic
Noun
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But along with the angry calls and Facebook messages, Vito’s has been praised and thanked for hanging the illustration.—
Lorena O'Neil,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
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The other medieval link comes from the ‘allegorical’ aspect of the jewelry, as the illustrations in the pieces tell a story across the entire collection.—
Kyle Roderick,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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My personal histories are stored as vivid timelines of outfits stretching back to first consciousness; well, style consciousness that is.—
Tom Stubbs,
Robb Report,
5 Mar. 2025
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Come meet Deborah Smith, a Central Florida artist, who will reveal her perception on the world through her vivid, impressionist paintings.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Video game maker Capcom recently highlighted its use of AI to generate visual concepts and proposals for in-game objects to improve game development speed.—
David Henkin,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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One group, however, chose to make a more visual statement through the power of pink suiting.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Google Cloud announced new generative AI capabilities called Visual Q&A that will search tables, charts, and diagrams to process diverse patient data, medical images, and others to help provide a comprehensive view of the patient.—
David Chou,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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This version also supports collaboration, allowing teams to work together in real-time while linking diagrams to live data from sources like Excel, Microsoft Entra ID, and more.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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To determine the child’s age, scientists extracted a specific amino acid called hydroxyproline from collagen in the bones.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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That same year saw the introduction of the vino de municipio designation, which in 2024 was changed to vino de pueblo, meaning the grapes must come from one of 144 specific towns (or pueblos), whose name is included on the label along with the name Rioja.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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View 4 Images View gallery - 4 images The whole mobile world is heading to Barcelona this week for Mobile World Congress 2025, and of the raft of Xiaomi gadgets on display is a magnetic attachment aimed at giving its smartphones a photographic boost.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
3 Mar. 2025
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Now in its 18th year, the Professional Sony World Photography competition rewards outstanding series of work, both for their original approach and photographic execution.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Aerial images captured by drones are loaded onto maps made with geographic information system (GIS) technology.—
Ryan Lanclos,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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What Makary decides to do will go a long way in determining the extent to which Kennedy is able to remake American health in his image.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Rather, entropy reflects the diversity of the pictorial information.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Aug. 2021
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The horrific, lethal, split-second impact comes in frame 313, seven rows up from the bottom and 16 frames to the right, where a burst of vertical light interrupts the horizontal flow of the terrible pictorial narrative.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Dec. 2024
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“Graphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graphic. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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