vignette
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Performance and illusion are recurring themes: A woman is sawed in half in a depiction of classic stagecraft; elsewhere a juggler manipulates ovoids that each contain an everyday vignette.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
“Our results here show that, for the same client vignette, AI advisers recommend safer portfolios than human advisers and that … scenario cues, not adviser idiosyncrasies, drive the difference.”
From MarketWatch • Nov. 12, 2025
This was one vignette from the striking array of the world's biggest Silicon Valley tech companies turning on the transatlantic investment tap.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025
In an especially poignant vignette, Wolf recalled the last time he saw George Harrison.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2025
This vignette shows that even belonging to the same professional club as a writer is no protection against her curse of knowledge.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Power Suffix: -ette
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