illustration
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In an illustration of the extent to which local businesses are pinning their hopes on the tournament being a success, Jenkins said the fan festival would be "a difference maker".
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Note: Buildings not to scale, for illustration purposes only.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
The dating test furnishes a neat illustration: three profiles—identical in every respect except astrological sign, all showing the same picture of a young man named “Michael”—were created on a popular Chinese dating app.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
It is a moving illustration of how a space can hold and contain — feel safe — while also holding an open sense of possibility.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
I opened to an illustration in which he was burning my letters.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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Vocabulary of the Common Core
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Florida EOC Biology 1
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