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imagery

[im-ij-ree, im-i-juh-ree] / ˈɪm ɪdʒ ri, ˈɪm ɪ dʒə ri /
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Drone strikes were the "most likely" cause, a diplomatic source based in the city told AFP, "though we haven't been able to obtain imagery or independent confirmation".

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Using sonar surveys, historical satellite imagery and five years of monitoring data, the study tracked recovery across 39 damaged areas of seabed.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Long fascinated with sports imagery, he now is embracing more social and personal subject matter in his enchanting images of the culture of his island and its diaspora.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Instagram’s terms of service prohibit intellectual property violations, spam, illegal content, hate speech, bullying and abuse, self-injury, graphic violence and inappropriate imagery that may include nudity or sexual content.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Seeing the scale, seeing the satellite imagery make it real.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

In each case, she examines her life through the lens of fairy tales, demonstrating how we can draw on their moralities and imageries to make sense of ourselves and our relationship to others.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023

These are very real things, very real issues that we deal with, and the dope, almost simple act of just showing regular humans can counteract years of negative imageries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2021

As you pointed out, there are many beautiful imageries in science, and they are often produced during the course of conducting an experiment or as a way of presenting the result of said experiment.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 13, 2012

From plaited lawn-frill, fine and thin, She lifted up her soft warm chin, With aching neck and swimming eyes, And dazed with saintly imageries.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by John Keats

There are some scores of ruba'iyat that may be said to have contributed their imageries to the quatrain.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam




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