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Recent Examples of pictograph
Participants also can join field trips to Mine Wash and pictograph and petroglyph sites.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The pictographs date back 10,000 years, and although many are on private property and off-limits to visitors, tours are available at the nearby Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
The pictograph is read from right to left at the beginning, then each subsequent line is read from the opposite direction of the previous.
—Carin Schoppmeyer, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 2024
Lower Pecos River Region — Amistad National Recreation Area, Texas
(Credit: Arabel Mortimer/Shutterstock)
More than 300 pictograph sites have been documented in the caves, overhangs, and rocks in the Lower Pecos River Region.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The pictographs date back 10,000 years, and although many are on private property and off-limits to visitors, tours are available at the nearby Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
The pictograph is read from right to left at the beginning, then each subsequent line is read from the opposite direction of the previous.
—Carin Schoppmeyer, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 2024
Lower Pecos River Region — Amistad National Recreation Area, Texas
(Credit: Arabel Mortimer/Shutterstock)
More than 300 pictograph sites have been documented in the caves, overhangs, and rocks in the Lower Pecos River Region.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictograph
Noun
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Throughout the war, the Bibas family has become a symbol of the plight of the hostages in Israel.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
1 Feb. 2025
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In Russia, there are strict laws against Nazi symbols.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Tickets cost $2 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state.—
Don Sweeney,
Miami Herald,
2 Feb. 2025
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The tickets matched four of five winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, Feb. 1, the California Lottery said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Feb. 2025
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While the robot vacuum’s smart features and multiple cleaning options are impressive, it’s also got tons of practical attributes.—
Shea Simmons,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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An apparently qualifying attribute of both Bull Connor and Tom Homan was that neither would allow any sentimental notions with regard to children stand in the way of doing their bosses’ bidding.—
David Mcgrath,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2025
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Labels typically include warning pictograms and complex regulatory information in various formats.—
Jeanette Rohr,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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America’s most popular airline routes (by Melvin Backman) SURPRISING DISCOVERIES Fifty years ago this weekend, scientists radioed a distant cluster of stars a pictogram using binary code.—
Melvin Backman,
Quartz,
18 Nov. 2024
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Nene were designated as the official emblem of the Territory of Hawaii in 1957, prior to Hawaii’s statehood.—
Maddie Bender,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Jan. 2025
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During his memorial, his coffin was secured on the van and draped in the Syrian flag—not the one that hung from Assad’s palace but an earlier version, with three red stars, that had been revived as an emblem of the revolution.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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The social media user who first shared the image identified it as inauthentic in a follow-up post.—
Joedy McCreary,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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Police on Tuesday released images of the thief in the hope someone may recognize her.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Make It Personal People connect with people, not logos or marketing slogans.—
Kimi Evans,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Los Angeles firefighters surrounded the center-ice logo as a tribute video played on the scoreboard for all first responders and firefighters.—
Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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At first, Thatcher bristled at the comparisons, but quickly bonded with Lewis over art and realized there was a kindred energy between them.—
William Earl,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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Seeing the decline of Western civilization in the trash art of movies is why The Day of the Locust was seriously considered the greatest of all Hollywood novels.—
Armond White,
National Review,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Pictograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictograph. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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