logogram

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Recent Examples of logogram Cuneiform became syllabic, repurposing its logograms, or word symbols, as sounds. Longreads, 1 July 2025 Most interestingly, many of the artists used logograms (a symbol to represent a word) rooted in the use of homophones. Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for logogram
Noun
  • There are loft-like attributes to them, and also the feeling of living in a penthouse.
    Deborah Gimelson, Architectural Digest, 3 July 2026
  • Some rabbinic readings attribute Lot’s hesitation to leave Sodom to his immoral greed and inordinate wealth.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who unlawfully entered the country in 2011, has become a symbol of the resistance to Trump’s immigration crackdown.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Remember, the heroic symbols that Ronald Reagan deployed so effectively were swiped from liberalism’s salad days in the Thirties and Forties.
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Reports of pictographs — American Indian picture writing — had attracted us to Missinaibi’s shores.
    Jim Hoagland, Outdoor Life, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Each group has left its mark, from ancient cave dwellings to petroglyphs and pictographs etched into the canyon walls.
    Debbie Olsen, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The sixth-year coach locks his eyes on the man’s shirt and sees a Carolina Panthers insignia.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • The event has been held annually since 1948, and at the annual service, the sovereign invests any new Companions with the Order's insignia in the Throne Room of Windsor Castle.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • On either side of the monogram were the couple's wedding date and location in cursive.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • Anything sterling or silver-plated, from julep cups to picture frames to utensils, is fair game for a monogram.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • White delivery vans with orange Katapulk logos splashed across each side delivered goods all over the island.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • In this photo illustration, the Anthropic logo is seen on a smartphone with a Claude Mythos logo in the background.
    Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • From the peaks of the Sahyadri mountains, crests of the Western Ghats which loom dramatically above us, the Vavali stream flows down to the lake-like Pawna reservoir.
    Horatio Clare, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026
  • Behind the judge’s chair hung a massive crest of an eagle with wings spread, its fierce beak turned stage right.
    William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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“Logogram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logogram. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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