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as in sketch
a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene
a political cartoon mocking the state legislature
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as in strip
a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story
reading the cartoons in the Sunday newspaper
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as in parody
a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something
in this biopic the life of a complex man is reduced to a cartoon
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Recent Examples of cartoon
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
28 June 2026
In past generations, kids turned on the TV to watch PBS, Saturday morning cartoons, the Disney Channel, or Nickelodeon.
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Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
28 June 2026
Her jaw dropped, cartoon-style.
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Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Pardon me for sounding like the Grinch, to mix my cartoon metaphors, but if a film critic doesn’t take the Toy Story series seriously, who will?
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Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2026
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His casket was lined with images of the blue cartoon dog.
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Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
28 June 2026
In past generations, kids turned on the TV to watch PBS, Saturday morning cartoons, the Disney Channel, or Nickelodeon.
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Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
28 June 2026
Her jaw dropped, cartoon-style.
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Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Pardon me for sounding like the Grinch, to mix my cartoon metaphors, but if a film critic doesn’t take the Toy Story series seriously, who will?
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Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cartoon
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Schaffer said Reiner shaved his trademark beard for the sketch, which filmed on November 13, just a month before Rob and Michele were killed inside their home; their son Nick was arrested and charged with the murders.
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Oteri famously portrayed the View creator in a series of sketches on Saturday Night Live, where Oteri was a regular from 1995 to 2000.
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The handle comes with one original Athena Club cartridge, which has a skin guard to prevent nicks and a hyaluronic acid serum strip.
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The strips are piled high in plastic bins, sprawled over tables and fed underneath bobbing needles.
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Scary Movie paved the way for more big-screen parodies, including Date Movie (2006), Epic Movie (2007), and Meet the Spartans (2008).
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Their outmoded style, with its seriousness and corniness, its big acting choices and low budgets, is basically impossible to recreate without falling into parody.
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Nevin remembered the songwriter as a melancholic genius, and insisted that Foster did not merely caricature Black Americans but used their vernacular to convey universal themes.
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The edge, as well as the humor, were in the sketches themselves — sometimes caricature, sometimes commentary, sometimes both.
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The ticket matched four winning numbers and/but not the Mega Ball in the drawing Friday, July 3, with a 3x multiplier, the California State Lottery said.
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Saturday’s Fantasy 5, Florida Lotto and Powerball drawings begat one jackpot winner.
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Dujardin and Dana have fine chemistry, but Dujardin’s best chemistry is with Ficarra, an Italian comic with exaggerated features and a love for the zanier aspects of the story.
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The legendary comic’s last credit was the CBS series The Royal Family, which Murphy created and which reunited Foxx with his Harlem Nights costar Della Reese.
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As the escape-room activity kicks off — the guests have 30 minutes to find Aesha’s crew — the boys find plenty of opportunity to make insinuating jokes about tying up the girls, some (Coop) more wholesome than others (Luke).
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And as a distant relative jokes, many can be found on mortgages, loans and other debts.
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In the clip, Niney is pictured talking calmly on his cell phone as Gasly races around him in the Alpine car, squealing the tires.
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Déjà Minuit, pictured above, features notes of Lemon, geranium, cinnamon, and cardamom.
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“Cartoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoon. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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