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illustration

[il-uh-strey-shuhn] / ˌɪl əˈstreɪ ʃən /




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Around her stood people in T-shirts with the same illustration featured on the church’s bulletin that week: a phoenix representing Boyle Heights rising from the flames of a hellish warehouse.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

An animated Gabriel the Toad character and an illustration of Nogbad firing a cannon at the Ice Dragon both fetched £4,200.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

This year provides a good illustration of how this strategy often falls flat.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

An illustration of the three responses from the bacteria when the nanoplastics come into contact with the biofilm.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The tree in this illustration, gray and flaky, looked like the one before him now.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

He obtained a college degree, is employed as a drug counselor, and still finds time to give back to the people through his illustrations.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

Postcards were introduced to Britain in 1870 and initially did not have illustrations as they were intended to be a quick and informal mode of communication, according to the Postal Museum.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Highlights include work by Norman Rockwell and Dorothea Lange, as well as a variety of manga, children’s book illustrations and comics.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

One of the most famous illustrations of quantum mechanics came in 1935, when Erwin Schrödinger proposed his cat paradox.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

She pulled out a small disk of bronze the size of a tea saucer, etched with delicate letters and illustrations.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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