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illustration

[il-uh-strey-shuhn] / ˌɪl əˈstreɪ ʃən /




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Each illustration features something with a motor or an alien creature that qualifies as transport.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

The 2008 Kosi disaster is a powerful illustration.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Here’s an extremely simplistic illustration to see how the rent-and-invest versus buy numbers could play out today, using a calculator provided by Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi: A 35-year-old buys a starter home.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

In an illustration of the scale of destruction, Chinese state media said road access to hard-hit Gyirong Port in Tibet had only finally been restored on Wednesday after "days of round-the-clock repair work".

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

An illustration appeared of a wooden box with a heart on its front.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Like most made-for-TV illustrations, these fantasies didn’t reflect life for most people, and certainly not working-class families with two working parents.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

And Arion does use computers to facilitate typesetting, as well as to print some illustrations.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

“Artists who illustrate stories that are already written, and most of those stories are myths — they’re not real — but the illustrations make them real.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Nearly one in five teens already own a Cash App card, Templeton said, and the company allows users to customize their cards with colors, self-made illustrations and glow-in-the-dark features.

From MarketWatch Aug. 22, 2026

Jam flipped the camera to show Redemption the illustrations.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi




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