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pictographs

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plural of pictograph

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While the Founding Fathers are often at the center of Revolutionary War history, one of the country’s most recognizable symbols is traditionally associated with an ordinary woman working from her home in Philadelphia.

— Pete Cuddihy, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Both exist in spite of the odds, symbols of perseverance and community — memorials to those who fought to establish a new country and a new state, and who happened to do it in a place that proved particularly untamable.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of symbols

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Other pictures on unofficial Telegram channels showed residents crowding into underground stations.

— Reuters, NBC news, 2 July 2026
Ranging from the film pioneer Georges Méliès all the way through 2024’s Anora, Thomson’s survey covers silent pictures, the talkies, the studio era, the New Hollywood, and the age of streaming.

— Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

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These attributes feel increasingly resonant for the fashion industry, whose demands have only continued to expand due to the churn of seasonal, pre-seasonal, resort, special collaborations, and capsule collections.

— Emmanuel Olunkwa, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026
As a 6-foot-6 lefty who can follow a game plan, Peterson has several of the attributes that the Cubs typically look for.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of attributes

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The developers will next prepare construction drawings and take other steps in anticipation of breaking ground in about two years.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Schematics, facility maps, aerial photographs, engineering drawings, cutaway illustrations, and previously unfamiliar archival images reveal the extraordinary complexity of the undertaking.

— Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of drawings

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Why Ketchikan matters Long before Ketchikan became a bustling fishing town and cruise port, the sheltered waterways of Southeast Alaska were home to Indigenous communities whose histories were carved into towering cedar totems.

— Josh Rivera, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Haring’s totems clearly express this idea.

— Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026

Definition of totems

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Yvonne and Nick’s disastrous wedding dinner is the day the cast went from nobodies to actual practitioners of the reality-television arts and sciences.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 July 2026
But the sections that can be read between gaps where the surface is lost point to a philosophical treatise on ethics, arts and human nature.

— Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of arts

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The British brand’s suiting channeled dapper English luxury with dedicated cigar pockets on outerwear, along with mismatched velvet slippers adorned with playing card emblems.

— Scarlett Conlon, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
However, Manfred said the Dodgers and Giants were allowed to keep using Pride emblems on uniforms and hats under a grandfathered exception because Los Angeles and San Francisco are home to large LGBTQ communities and both clubs wanted to show support for those fans.

— Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026

Definition of emblems

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Rather than making artworks to place in nature, artists such as Heizer, Robert Smithson, and his wife Nancy Holt made nature into the artwork itself.

— Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026
The total was well below the estimate range of £292,000 to £435,400 ($385,100–$574,200), and over half of the 44 artworks on offer failed to sell.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 2 July 2026

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