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imagery

[im-ij-ree, im-i-juh-ree] / ˈɪm ɪdʒ ri, ˈɪm ɪ dʒə ri /
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But his film is so polished, and its imagery so vivid, that you want to look past these deficits.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

BBC Verify has also analysed satellite imagery suggesting the oil spill originated from an attack on a vessel in Omani waters on 3 August.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

But political imagery is not entirely under the politician’s control.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Live interviews, explanations and striking imagery will explore several aspects of eclipse science.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

"How will we know from imagery what's broken?"

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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

You cannot help seeing that his mind is a storehouse of all the liveliest imageries of men and things.

From Plato and Platonism by Walter Pater

Again, where it was entered by minor cañons, it became a breach through crowded pandemoniums of ruined architectures and forsaken, frowning imageries.

From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest




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