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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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2
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
Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2025
His father, Harvey Eisenberg, was an animator and comic book artist who worked on Tom & Jerry, Foxy Fagan and Yogi Bear cartoons alongside William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at MGM and later at their own company.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
Maybe instead of rats the cartoon should show sitting ducks.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
Elsewhere in the interview, Carl Jones detailed why the beloved cartoon disappeared seemingly when Black America needed it most in June 2014.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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Some were being designed to look like kid-friendly foods, resembling cans of grape soda, or decorated with cartoons, like unicorns eating pancakes.
—Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2025
His father, Harvey Eisenberg, was an animator and comic book artist who worked on Tom & Jerry, Foxy Fagan and Yogi Bear cartoons alongside William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at MGM and later at their own company.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
Maybe instead of rats the cartoon should show sitting ducks.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
Elsewhere in the interview, Carl Jones detailed why the beloved cartoon disappeared seemingly when Black America needed it most in June 2014.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cartoon
Noun
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Dumas added upon Birkin’s sketch by taking inspiration from Hermès’ Haut à Courroies, a favorite of her partner Serge Gainsbourg.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
27 Feb. 2025
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Also starring Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant, the sketch acts as a faux commercial for a clothing store that sells bland clothing for women.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Jana walked to the backyard, past Stephan’s burned and toppled basketball hoop, toward the pool, stepping over a strip of artificial grass, so green and bright, as if the fire had skipped over it, leaving a slender memory of what was.—
Jeffrey Fleishman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2025
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There was no sanitizer measured in a three-compartment sink or in buckets with wipe cloths, and employees did not know how to properly verify the quantity of sanitizer using test strips.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Mar. 2025
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The user’s viral review sparked parodies across the app with user @Nathanwituk poking fun at the original poster in a Feb. 23 video.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, disco offered a framework for instrumentalists to play around with, as well as characteristics that cannot be boiled down to logic: there can also be affective reasons, regardless of whether the intent is irony, camp, parody, or the expression of genuine sentiment.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Feb. 2025
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For example, Obama has caricatured critics of his Syria policy as either uninformed or proponents of a military campaign on the scale of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.—
Kori Schake,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2016
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The connection between Nafisi and Bahri is presented with complexity and without sentimentality, neither papering over political differences nor caricaturing Bahri as a generic revolutionary.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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Some of the courses that will see a rate increase in the 2025-26 school year include various art classes such as Advanced Placement drawing as well as Play Production, Photography, Accounting and Veterinary Science.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Opportunity drawing tickets are available for a chance to win beautiful earrings designed by John Matty Co. or a gift card to Isola Boutique, according to a news release.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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The comic is currently touring nationwide on his Can’t Stop Talking Tour and is set to release a cookbook, Your Pasta Sucks, in April.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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The limited-edition 56-page comic reflects themes found in her album and was drawn by Japanese illustrator and animator Minomiyabi.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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After a joke about Adam Sandler’s fashion sense, O’Brien suddenly changed tone to address the devastation of the wildfires in Los Angeles, and how an awards show can seem self-indulgent if that context was not addressed.—
Annie Aguiar,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2025
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For the monologue, Gillis pushed his luck early, starting with some jokes about how hilarious Trump has been in office, and how former President Biden was also funny.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Vivienne appeared to be having fun with her friend, as she was pictured laughing and sticking her tongue out.—
Effie Orfanides,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Hackman was pictured holding onto Arakawa's arm as the pair grabbed lunch together at Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen in Santa Fe.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Cartoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoon. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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