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illustration

[il-uh-stray-shuhn] / ˌɪl əˈstreɪ ʃən /




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The brain's microscopic wiring may need a different kind of textbook illustration.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

As Paul Klee, an abstract—sometimes narrative—artist, insisted: “A picture is not an illustration of an idea, but the idea itself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The Lucas Museum pushes that approach further by making storytelling — not chronology, geography or medium — the organizing principle for an entire institution, placing illustration, comics and commercial art inside a curatorial framework.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The 2008 Kosi disaster is a powerful illustration.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The illustration of the child asleep in his bed beneath the stars faces outward, but it is difficult to tell if the child’s dreams are peaceful or restless.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Others—depicting grinning clowns, crying women and morphing objects and creatures, including human figures potted like plants—recall children’s drawings and John Tenniel’s illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Like most made-for-TV illustrations, these fantasies didn’t reflect life for most people, and certainly not working-class families with two working parents.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

If you aim to walk around the striking building to view a mishmash of masterpieces, children’s illustrations, movie memorabilia that’s heavy on “Star Wars” and comic strips, you’ll have a good time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

His illustrations are seen across the charity's nature reserves.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

It had illustrations to show basic vocabulary—words for colors, foods, parts of the body, animals—like a child’s book of first words.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez




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