portray
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Martial arts films portray competition as a means of pushing your opponent to do better, to go further.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
The characters may well be good people—certainly that is how Ms. Patchett means to portray them—but their goodness is never put to any test, so it exists as nothing more than an affirming idea.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Saudi officials are clearly trying to portray the relative openness about changing course over Vision 2030 as a break with the past of concealment and obfuscation.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
At the same time, scientists are careful not to portray senescent cells as purely bad.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
“They give us the option to leave, then trap us so that they can later use it against us and portray us as unreasonable. Irrational.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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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