as in portrait
a vivid representation in words of someone or something
the general's memoirs are filled with revealing vignettes of some of the war's most compelling personalities
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as in to outline
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Recent Examples of vignette
Daniella Walsh, Orange County Register, 23 Feb. 2025
Some even shorter vignettes are shared on Tik Tok and other social media platforms, and have garnered millions of views.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Silverbacks albums are always a tapestry of different ideas and themes, vignettes more than a clean narrative.
—Ryan Leas, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The vignettes are based largely on research by Gilad.
—Daniella Walsh, Orange County Register, 23 Feb. 2025
Some even shorter vignettes are shared on Tik Tok and other social media platforms, and have garnered millions of views.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
The idea is to fix any issues that your lens introduces, such as darkness around the edges (vignetting) or warped perspectives.
—PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Silverbacks albums are always a tapestry of different ideas and themes, vignettes more than a clean narrative.
—Ryan Leas, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vignette
Noun
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He's got a little sidekick over there named Mark Paoletta who is one of the people in the portrait with Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo and Clarence Thomas.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2025
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Related Articles The film is the portrait of a lady who’s living a good life.—
Samantha Conti,
WWD,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The process and eligibility criteria are outlined on their website.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Indonesia’s first-ever Minister of Culture, Fadli Zon, has outlined an ambitious blueprint for the nation’s cultural growth, with special emphasis on developing the country’s rapidly expanding film industry.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There was also a successful touchdown on this morning's Starlink launch, the 18th to date for this particular Falcon 9 booster, according to a SpaceX mission description.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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The couple also publishes a magazine that includes the trail map and site descriptions.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In the past, Rodgers has hinted about his interest in Tennessee.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
8 Mar. 2025
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Crucially, however, Wolff hinted the prospect of luring the Dutchman away from Red Bull remains a possibility.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In this twilight zone, extreme closeups of Maddie and Frank’s terrified eyes, the sudden depiction of the road in soft focus, and the forest’s AI-like rendering are downright disorienting.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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Along the way, the film has also battled questions about its depiction of little people and its leading actors’ viewpoints on the Israel-Hamas war.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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When the Los Angeles riots erupted in 1992, Americans recoiled at the fires silhouetting the downtown skyline.—
Shawn Hubler,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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The zig-zag concrete staircase, silhouetted in front of the turquoise pool, is the perfect backdrop for an Instagram photo.—
Alex Erdekian,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 July 2023
Noun
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How did your own motherhood journey inform your portrayal of Gemma?—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
21 Mar. 2025
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Helen Schneider, acclaimed internationally for powerful portrayals in musicals like Sunset Boulevard, Evita, and her one-woman show A Walk on the Weill Side, embraced the complexities of portraying Leonard Bernstein.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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That idea is woven into products like genei, which summarizes information from sources so it can be easily organized and used to write content, and Julius, which performs robust data analysis.—
Isadora Marlow Morgan,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Bakkt plans to realign its business focus on crypto, announcing strategic alternatives for its loyalty business and the sale of Bakkt Trust to Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. This content was summarized by generative artificial intelligence using public filings retrieved from SEC.gov.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Vignette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vignette. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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