as in diagrams
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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Recent Examples of graphics
It's powered by a highly capable six-core AMD Ryzen 5 220 processor and a fairly powerful Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 graphics chip for smooth gameplay.
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Kelsey Fogarty,
PC Magazine,
2 July 2026
Aside from the graphics of the nuggets and hand gestures, Soules' packaging also features a cartoon character resembling Trevillian.
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Melina Khan,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Debicella most recently worked as president of the graphics solutions division at SGS & Co.
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Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Senior data and graphics editor Sam Hart and interactive developer Curt Merrill contributed reporting to this story.
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Matt Stiles,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Agents, though, aren't powered by GPUs (graphics processing units), which are still needed.
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
28 June 2026
Data and graphics assistant editor Sean Greene contributed to this report.
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Vanessa Martínez,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Ashley Mowreader Ashley Mowreader is a data graphics intern for NBC News.
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Joelle Gross,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
The graphics weren’t much at the time, but players fell in love with the anthropomorphic animals and the on-rails shooting mechanics.
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Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
25 June 2026
Kelsey Fogarty,
PC Magazine,
2 July 2026
Aside from the graphics of the nuggets and hand gestures, Soules' packaging also features a cartoon character resembling Trevillian.
—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Debicella most recently worked as president of the graphics solutions division at SGS & Co.
—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Senior data and graphics editor Sam Hart and interactive developer Curt Merrill contributed reporting to this story.
—
Matt Stiles,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Agents, though, aren't powered by GPUs (graphics processing units), which are still needed.
—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
28 June 2026
Data and graphics assistant editor Sean Greene contributed to this report.
—
Vanessa Martínez,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Ashley Mowreader Ashley Mowreader is a data graphics intern for NBC News.
—
Joelle Gross,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
The graphics weren’t much at the time, but players fell in love with the anthropomorphic animals and the on-rails shooting mechanics.
—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graphics
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And while chip diagrams quickly age out of their microscopic, high-technology medium, Schultz’s microchip rugs take the components on which our world operates and draw out their intricacies and beauty.
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Seven-year-old Kyron Horman stood proudly next to his presentation on red-eyed tree frogs, with his homemade tri-fold poster bursting with shades of green and glued-on diagrams of the amphibian’s life cycle.
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The South Beach school’s 1975-‘76 yearbook was a patriotic red, white and blue and illustrations of the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell and the American Eagle.
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Schematics, facility maps, aerial photographs, engineering drawings, cutaway illustrations, and previously unfamiliar archival images reveal the extraordinary complexity of the undertaking.
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The Sphere’s ongoing star attraction is The Wizard of Oz, a $100 million immersive version of the 1939 classic that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to expand the movie’s visuals beyond their original framing.
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The visuals, dialogue, and world-building are all in line with the new DCU.
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Based on those figures, Honsal said 731 dogs remain unaccounted for.
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Kids will create origami figures, write wishes on them and hang them on bamboo.
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“Graphics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graphics. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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