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a pictorial character used in hieroglyphics
A tomb inscribed with hieroglyphs.
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Recent Examples of hieroglyphs
Go for a stroll on the water line at night or early morning and hopefully tracks will present themselves, flipper marks and a solid line for the shell, like hieroglyphs.
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Eric Barton, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
In the Nile Valley there are hieroglyphs galore that signify weather systems; and, being invisible and inexplicable, wind is denoted by its effect rather than its reality.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
Crucially, these dates correspond to important dynastic events that the hieroglyphs omit — filling in the puzzle pieces scholars had been missing.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
The same message in hieroglyphs, Demotic and Greek allowed researchers to decode the images as language, but the new discovery is a bit different.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Eric Barton, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
In the Nile Valley there are hieroglyphs galore that signify weather systems; and, being invisible and inexplicable, wind is denoted by its effect rather than its reality.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
Crucially, these dates correspond to important dynastic events that the hieroglyphs omit — filling in the puzzle pieces scholars had been missing.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
The same message in hieroglyphs, Demotic and Greek allowed researchers to decode the images as language, but the new discovery is a bit different.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hieroglyphs
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On this night, as Rashad posed for pictures in Bushwick, SZA was a few miles away in Manhattan, walking the red carpet at the Met Gala.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Once in the asteroid's orbit, NASA's spacecraft is slated to take pictures of the asteroid's surface and shed light on its composition, over the course of about two years.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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The policy meant the top biological female finishers were designated co-champions, leading to widespread images of Hernandez sharing the top step of the medal podium with female athletes.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Cinematographer Noé Bach took visual cues from Nan Goldin’s photography of the 1980s and ’90s, aiming for images that feel found rather than arranged.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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Egyptian hieroglyphics indicate that the art of sugar confectionery was established at least 3,000 years ago.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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For most of your predecessors, pitching was like reading hieroglyphics.—
Kevin Sherrington
Feb. 25,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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In this, all assemblies and elements are assembled in the design position – exactly as in the drawings, down to one thousandth of a millimeter.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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Children mailed their drawings.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The design ethos translates to a warren of nook-and-cranny sitting rooms decorated in sage and slate, ox-blood leather, curiosities and ancestral portraits.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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The first room, the Studio, is a recreation of the photographer’s famous atelier on Rue Paul Fort in Paris, known as Studio Luce, where fashion pictures, still-life imagery, portraits coexist as a kaleidoscopic trip inside Roversi’s oeuvre and intimate workspace.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
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“Hieroglyphs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hieroglyphs. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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