illustration

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But they are nonetheless an illustration of how Iran has been able to move money internationally for years despite Western sanctions aimed at choking off the regime’s ability to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The illustration showed a cow proudly standing next to a strange collection of useless objects labeled as tools.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Many people's annoyance at having to accept cookies when they visit a new website is an illustration of what is sometimes called the "privacy paradox".

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The order, accompanied by an AI-generated illustration of a World War II-era hospital ship flying the U.S. flag, was confusing to many, and justifiably so.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

The illustration accompanying the late-thirteenth-century Theodoric of Freiberg’s study of the rainbow when it appeared in print in Trutfetter’s textbook of 1514.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton