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diagram

[dahy-uh-gram] / ˈdaɪ əˌgræm /


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She recommended the Lichen Sclerosus Guide, external which has a diagram and template to help you talk to doctors.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Guests will also receive a zine-style pamphlet with the same homespun appeal explaining each of the eight sections in RM’s words alongside a diagram of the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Professor Nohria plugs the talent agency game into a basic diagram.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The diagram seems to have fallen into a black hole.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The fat man consulted a diagram on the wall of his booth.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

“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

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

In “The Sheep Detectives,” the woolly ungulates themselves set about solving a heinous crime: gathering evidence, bringing it to light, and even drawing diagrams to point dimwitted humans in the right direction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

In Ms. Rubin’s science class, we learned about Venn diagrams.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

They’ve been so good that offenses have diagramed plans around them, assigning double-teams and going above and beyond to neutralize them.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

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

“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

Lehrer diagrammed the product at the very end of last April.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2021

He came and diagrammed a few sentences for her.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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

Lunenfeld writes that an “alchemical map of a Los Angeles reimagined transmutes the elements, diagraming a connectionist platzgeist.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 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

It was like he was diagramming the whole thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 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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