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diagram

[dahy-uh-gram] / ˈdaɪ əˌgræm /


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This included a diagram of a plane with a flight descent equation written alongside.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

A diagram showing the Earth positioned between the Sun and the Moon during a lunar eclipse.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

But the Venn diagram of people who will love Niles the crocodile and those who care what shoes Pete Davidson wears isn’t a circle.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The book includes numerous photos of the Gadget in its final form, as well as a diagram of what scientists thought the mushroom cloud would look like.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Virtually every major magazine and newspaper in the country ran a story about Fischer, often with pictures of him and a diagram of his final position against Petrosian.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

“Turns out we just have some paperwork to do and some diagrams but as everybody knows, I’m looking to move so I can be more educational and help more animals,” Blair wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Collina believes it is hugely important to use real scenarios, not just dossiers and diagrams.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

No need to untangle the complex hypocrisy here — it’s all laid out in arrows and diagrams.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

Patterns resembling Voronoi diagrams can often be seen in nature, including the markings on giraffes.

From Science Daily May 14, 2026

When he came over, Stick made him read magazines just to keep him quiet, but we both knew Bucky flipped through the pages studying the pictures and diagrams but ignoring the words altogether.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

The 15-1 vote favors the “North of C-ID” option, just diagramed this winter, underground near the corner of Fourth Avenue and James Street.

From Seattle Times Mar. 24, 2023

Watch Purdy take the snap, forget what’s supposed to happen or how a play was diagramed, keep your eyes on the overachieving quarterback, and just hold your breath.

From Washington Post Jan. 28, 2023

He was a coach with few rules, but players competed hard for him because he managed relationships as well as he diagramed plays.

From Washington Post Dec. 29, 2021

Montefiore helps out with diagramed family trees and a cast of characters before each section of the book.

From Seattle Times Jul. 10, 2016

“We haven’t diagramed a single sentence all year. I’m getting worried about the College Boards.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

They diagrammed it for their BP sponsors as a big triangle beneath the rising line of future carbon emissions, what Socolow recalls describing as a “wedge,” cut up into equal-sized slices.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

Forget the stodgy days of X’s and O’s diagrammed in the playbook.

From Seattle Times Jul. 27, 2022

You already have diagrammed some of the Mark Twain excerpt and know how plots move along.

From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

Such diagrammed books are preferable for learning, Pandolfini said.

From Slate Feb. 24, 2021

He had diagrammed the wiring and the plumbing.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Schmedding won’t be the only one diagraming plans to slow down that offense.

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2023

Willis said he’s had no problem diagraming plays — whether it be Liberty’s offense or the plays taught to him during the session.

From Washington Times Mar. 2, 2022

When one of his gently unfolding pastoral melodies takes a turn into dissonant thickets, it can sound as if Ives is diagraming the American landscape — geographically and psychologically.

From New York Times May 21, 2020

But you could also write her legacy just by diagraming her coaching tree, and that version might be even more impressive.

From Washington Post May 25, 2017

Oh, I see," Cleo replied, somewhat satisfied at the diagraming, "and our vacation out at Bellaire is to be a cross between a wedding and a trip to Europe.

From The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening by Lilian Garis

On the upside, kids no longer have to spend hours of their wild and precious lives diagramming sentences.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2025

It’s much more than an exercise in diagramming a sentence.

From Seattle Times Sep. 24, 2023

Unfortunately, while Cranston is painting in oils, his playwright is diagramming in stick figures.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2022

This method of plot diagramming also helps you identify where holes may turn up in your plan.

From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

I tried hard to concentrate, tuning myself in to what the teacher was saying as she continued her discussion of diagramming sentences.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals




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