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picturesque

[pik-chuh-resk] / ˌpɪk tʃəˈrɛsk /


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Behar purchased the dwelling back in 2016, paying $4.75 million for the picturesque abode, having previously transferred the deed for her other Hamptons property into the name of her daughter, Eve.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

As seen in the exhibition, his Conté crayon drawings from these months informed his paintings, which pointedly eschewed any hint of the picturesque and also of Impressionist painting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

For a picturesque date that feels like you’ve been plopped onto a movie set, consider the Gondola Getaway in Long Beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

The new cars that race around picturesque Albert Park, the place nearly everyone in F1 prefers to start a new season, may look familiar at first glance - they are F1 cars, after all.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Since he did not hesitate to explain his position in public every time he had the chance, for everyone but his own co-religionists he soon became a caricature of the picturesque, reactionary oligarch.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende