portray
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I have always been very conscious that how I portray myself does have the ability to reflect on my reputation, on the work that I’ve tried to accomplish.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
At the same time, scientists are careful not to portray senescent cells as purely bad.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
Musk's lawyers seized on the entries to portray Brockman as a calculating opportunist.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
President Vladimir Putin will have been reluctant to pare back a parade that is always choreographed to portray Russian strength.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
He didn’t care about his personal reputation if I chose to portray him inaccurately, he said, but he did care greatly about the harm any inaccuracy might do to his credibility in the medical world.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing portray
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 4
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