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a pictorial character used in hieroglyphics
The statue had an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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as in incomprehensible
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Recent Examples of hieroglyphic
Kevin Sherrington
feb. 25,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
The panels here are set up in a similar way to hieroglyphics, where the panels merge into the tunnels in a pace that echoes drum beats or machine knocking.
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Literary Hub,
8 Dec. 2025
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
Below, 30 lines of hieroglyphic text are engraved in the stone.
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Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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For most of your predecessors, pitching was like reading hieroglyphics.
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Kevin Sherrington
feb. 25,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
The panels here are set up in a similar way to hieroglyphics, where the panels merge into the tunnels in a pace that echoes drum beats or machine knocking.
—
Literary Hub,
8 Dec. 2025
Adjective
Archaeologists analyzed the monument’s carvings, which feature 123 hieroglyphic panels that chronicle the city’s story.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
Below, 30 lines of hieroglyphic text are engraved in the stone.
—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hieroglyphic
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The flag was also draped over Khamenei’s casket in images published last week by his official X account.
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Rodríguez Castro, the person said, projects a similar tough-guy image.
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There have been times when acts of atrocity have been going on — and gosh, some of those things are incomprehensible — yet humanity has found a way.
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Being joyful there — in the Dominican Republic, where small shacks and houses pieced together by junkyard scraps sometimes hold families with over a dozen members — seems incomprehensible.
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Its decorative and iconographic complexity are unparalleled, says Esther Rodríguez, one of the co-directors of the investigation.
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The French designer’s creations draw from a vast iconographic repertoire.
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The White House did not respond to questions about whether there are actual plans to add the president's likeness to Mount Rushmore and, if so, in what capacity.
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Won said his company needs a few photos and short voice samples of the deceased to make a likeness.
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Beulah's spurned heir Joaquin (Juan Pablo Raba) calls up the mysterious Mariana (Raoul Max Trujillo) to help with his many problems, which include his ranch-usurping half-brother Rob-Will and those Duttons from Montana.
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Nicolas Winding Refn’s audacious return to feature filmmaking is a gorgeous, mysterious act of cinema, sensorial and transgressive, that demands to be experienced on its own terms.
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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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Yet, those teams don't make Tyler Dragon's list of the four teams that had the most puzzling offseasons.
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Researchers hope the effort may yield clues about dark matter as well as an equally puzzling force known as dark energy.
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While the earliest complete Bible, the Codex Sinaiticus, lacks illustrations, by the fifth century illustrations began accompanying biblical texts, enhancing their visual and spiritual impact.
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“Hieroglyphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hieroglyphic. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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