depict
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“What we don’t want to do is to depict something that doesn’t exist,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
RSI readings above 70 are believed to depict overbought conditions, which is a technical term that suggests buyers need some time to digest what they just accomplished.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
The "Modern Warfare" games depict military conflicts in the modern era, inspired by international tensions, while the "Black Ops" games take place in an alternate reality where the Cold War never ended.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Though the tableaux depict hardships endured by a painter born in 1593, Artemisia, the impressions convey yearning, grief, suffering and resilience that transcend centuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
He later wrote about his experiences and commissioned artists to depict the scenes he described.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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His diary depicts a world unwittingly, then unmistakably, spinning toward destruction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Piper Sandler’s Johnson also highlighted that the index’s chart depicts that those who bought tech stocks after the Nasdaq’s breakout to the late-September and early-October record highs got duped.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The new A24 crime thriller depicts the show's host, NBC journalist Chris Hansen, carrying out sting operations on would-be predators.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The cover for his debut solo studio album, “Indigo,” depicts Hyong-keun’s 1972 painting “Blue,” and the album’s lead track, “Yun,” a collaboration with Erykah Badu, kicks off with recorded dialogue from the artist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
A stained-glass ceiling looms above us and depicts a dozen different Black people.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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Stewart depicted Picard in more than 170 episodes of the hit sci-fi TV series between 1987 and 1994, as well as in four feature films.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Period-Piece Pixie, as depicted on-screen, is too evolved for the elaborate grooming rituals of her time—no stays, no time-consumingly arranged ringlets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Astronomers have long depicted distant exoplanets with smooth, circular outlines.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Even as Bass embarked on a 22-year political career that has seen stops in Sacramento, Washington and City Hall, the native Angeleno always, successfully depicted herself as a political outsider.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Early articles, which had depicted her as “well-dressed,” “striking,” the family “perfect,” had given way to snide and vaguely accusatory ones of the ilk of MOM SEZ: NOT MY KID.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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Mbappe in September addressed a previous meme depicting him as a military dictator, in an interview with French sports newspaper L'Equipe.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
It’s dark and, as the album title forewarns, there is plenty in that mood here—at times evoking societal situations, just as often depicting the ravages of his own age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Among the artifacts recovered from the site is an unusual ceramic vessel depicting a seated Peruvian hairless dog with humanlike features.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Mockingbird’s archives are on display at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles, depicting a raucous era of music and defiance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
On the manual’s cover was a painting depicting a scene from the game.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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