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diagram

[dahy-uh-gram] / ˈdaɪ əˌgræm /


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Guests will also receive a zine-style pamphlet with the same homespun appeal explaining each of the eight sections in RM’s words alongside a diagram of the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

A diagram showing the Earth positioned between the Sun and the Moon during a lunar eclipse.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

But the Venn diagram of people who will love Niles the crocodile and those who care what shoes Pete Davidson wears isn’t a circle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The book includes numerous photos of the Gadget in its final form, as well as a diagram of what scientists thought the mushroom cloud would look like.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The first was the old crayon drawing he’d made when he was seven years old - a diagram of a flying ship he’d seen in his dreams.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

“Turns out we just have some paperwork to do and some diagrams but as everybody knows, I’m looking to move so I can be more educational and help more animals,” Blair wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Collina believes it is hugely important to use real scenarios, not just dossiers and diagrams.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

No need to untangle the complex hypocrisy here — it’s all laid out in arrows and diagrams.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

"Voronoi diagrams have been used for centuries in a variety of applications ranging from city planning to network design," Navlakha says.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

In order to clearly show you what they are, most of the diagrams in this course will show sound waves as if they are transverse waves.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

They’ve been so good that offenses have diagramed plans around them, assigning double-teams and going above and beyond to neutralize them.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

Watch Purdy take the snap, forget what’s supposed to happen or how a play was diagramed, keep your eyes on the overachieving quarterback, and just hold your breath.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2023

He was a coach with few rules, but players competed hard for him because he managed relationships as well as he diagramed plays.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2021

Neatly diagramed flow charts and color-coded spreadsheets are not what most people think of when they envision the densely worded documents that will carry out their last wishes.

From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2020

“We haven’t diagramed a single sentence all year. I’m getting worried about the College Boards.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

They diagrammed it for their BP sponsors as a big triangle beneath the rising line of future carbon emissions, what Socolow recalls describing as a “wedge,” cut up into equal-sized slices.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

The shift in attitude hasn’t been firmly diagrammed; instead, what’s going on here is mostly subconscious, like a collective unlocking of forbidden territory.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026

Later in the second, WSU diagrammed a rollout pass for Ward, whose receiver made Arbuckle look like a genius this time.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2023

You already have diagrammed some of the Mark Twain excerpt and know how plots move along.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

The Stephanides family tree, diagrammed in Dr. Luce’s “Autosomal Transmission of Recessive Traits,” goes into more detail than I think you would care to know about.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Schmedding won’t be the only one diagraming plans to slow down that offense.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023

Willis said he’s had no problem diagraming plays — whether it be Liberty’s offense or the plays taught to him during the session.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 2, 2022

I do a lot of diagraming stuff before I ever sit down with a computer.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2020

When one of his gently unfolding pastoral melodies takes a turn into dissonant thickets, it can sound as if Ives is diagraming the American landscape — geographically and psychologically.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2020

Oh, I see," Cleo replied, somewhat satisfied at the diagraming, "and our vacation out at Bellaire is to be a cross between a wedding and a trip to Europe.

From The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening by Lilian Garis

On the upside, kids no longer have to spend hours of their wild and precious lives diagramming sentences.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2025

It’s much more than an exercise in diagramming a sentence.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2023

He moved beside me on the couch holding a clipboard, and with shaky hands started diagramming essential aspects of his theory that would benefit a case as ostentatious as my own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

This method of plot diagramming also helps you identify where holes may turn up in your plan.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

I tried hard to concentrate, tuning myself in to what the teacher was saying as she continued her discussion of diagramming sentences.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals




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