as in symbol
a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader
a rock inscribed with mysterious glyphs that some have speculated as being of Norse origin
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Geometric polygons are another group of glyphs that include trapezoids and other shapes.
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Carly Miller, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
These smaller relief-type glyphs were likely built by individual or local communities to communicate or record aspects of Nazca life.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Sign up To find more glyphs, researchers led by archaeologist Masato Sakai of Yamagata University trained an AI program to identify relief-type glyphs in high-resolution drone images taken of the entire region.
—Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
The big line-type glyphs are easier to spot using photographs shot from the sky, whereas the relief-type glyphs, averaging only about 9 meters in size, are harder to see because of erosion and more subtle contrast with the desert terrain.
—Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
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Carly Miller, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
These smaller relief-type glyphs were likely built by individual or local communities to communicate or record aspects of Nazca life.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Sign up To find more glyphs, researchers led by archaeologist Masato Sakai of Yamagata University trained an AI program to identify relief-type glyphs in high-resolution drone images taken of the entire region.
—Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
The big line-type glyphs are easier to spot using photographs shot from the sky, whereas the relief-type glyphs, averaging only about 9 meters in size, are harder to see because of erosion and more subtle contrast with the desert terrain.
—Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
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The Southern Poverty Law Center tracks Confederate symbols and memorials displayed in publica spaces and across the country.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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The illustration, which was styled to look like the cover of Time magazine, displayed the President’s fondness for crude symbols of power and wealth.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
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In 2023 researchers led by Nikku Madhusudhan, an astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge, announced the first signs of dimethyl sulfide in K2-18 b’s atmosphere.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2025
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And by monitoring her behavior for any signs of complications.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Glyph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glyph. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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