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iconography

[ahy-kuh-nog-ruh-fee] / ˌaɪ kəˈnɒg rə fi /


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“When I was 16, I knew more about American iconography than most people do today,” Max told the outlet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

As a professor of international relations who has studied the global evolution of currency iconography for over 20 years, I take a worldwide perspective on this debate.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

When we tell ourselves stories about warrior elites—and invoke their iconography to inspire and galvanize—we often dismiss and ignore their victims as inconvenient or annoying footnotes.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

Though Madison Square Garden is a core piece of New York iconography, it is not exactly aesthetically pleasing.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Popular guys with nice cars who had no viral iconography casting a shadow over them and would never bring up Chuck E. Cheese’s in her presence sat there rapt.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

Growing up in a religious home, Hernández was familiar with Christian iconographies and sacred items.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

The floor, boasting 17 iconographies of beasts and birds, is well-preserved and its colors are bright.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

Popcorn-munchers, of which I am front row center, are here to watch whackjob Cage and soulful Travolta, two actors who love to go full-ham, play each other and go deep inside their iconographies.

From The Guardian ● May 29, 2018

Greek mythology seems like a perfect springboard for a Disney movie, given the amount of them that trade on the basic iconographies of the mythic.

From Time ● Nov. 17, 2014

The two groups of pictures are pointedly parallel in juxtaposing iconographies of war and technology on the one hand and of feminine beauty and nature on the other.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2013



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