ideograph

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Noun
  • This erroneous belief that all Chinese characters are ideograms — symbols that express ideas directly, without language — remains widespread today in the West.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025
  • The encrusted object clearly qualified as cultural property, even more so when the treasure hunters cleaned it up, revealing that the shining chunk was actually an ingot stamped with Chinese ideograms.
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Noun
  • While size representation edged upward on paper, conversations throughout the season were dominated by the return of extreme body ideals, which don’t necessarily show up in our data.
    Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 July 2026
  • Their menu is seasonal and slightly whimsical while retaining a clear vision, a good representation of the many personalities that make up the Kimball House team.
    Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • Some examples took more direct cues—such as the collectible Egyptian Pattern bracelets and brooches similar to 1924 examples depicting hieroglyphs.
    Jill Newman, Robb Report, 18 June 2026
  • Pieces of papyrus or stone, with hieroglyphs sometimes incomplete, were recreated as a precious trio of clips, each with Fragment in their name.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Like that 1851 depiction of Washington, these portraits smudge the details of history in favor of a fantasy.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • Friendship was a tender, absurd depiction of a one-sided, quasi-platonic infatuation.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • The flag was also draped over Khamenei’s casket in images published last week by his official X account.
    Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Rodríguez Castro, the person said, projects a similar tough-guy image.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • History of Telecommunications in Canada Scholars such as Harold Innis connect telecommunications to the entire history of moving information across space and time, including the engraving of hieroglyphics on stone or the invention of paper.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 May 2026
  • Chip Morris carving entrance doors like driftwood hieroglyphics, Yvonne Domenge installing bronzes that catch light like honey, Marina Silva painting fertility goddesses across the yoga shala.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • This material is for illustration and discussion purposes and not intended to be, nor construed as, financial, legal, tax or investment advice.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • Gomez's wedding guest dress also bore a striking resemblance to her 2025 Oscars dress, a custom off-the-shoulder piece by Ralph Lauren.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 July 2026
  • This airy maxi dress bears a striking resemblance to the one Karen Allen wore in Raiders of the Lost Ark, which just happens to be one of my favorite movie costumes of all time.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
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“Ideograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideograph. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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