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portrait

[pawr-trit, -trayt, pohr-] / ˈpɔr trɪt, -treɪt, ˈpoʊr- /


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The portrait of the couple is, given the details of the case, remarkably evenhanded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Using height measurements supplied by the Oxford Materials Characterisation Service, the study's author determined that the damaged central portrait region varied in height by approximately 750 micrometers, equivalent to 0.75 millimeters.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

An elegant woman gazes out from her portrait with expressive eyes, a gilded wreath worn in her hair and a gentle, questioning look on her face.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

The portrait is part of the Local Royalty campaign by Coca-Cola GB, and will go on show from 28 October at the Saatchi Gallery in London.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

They were Edward Ashton’s eyes, lifted straight from the portrait in Lord Fredrick’s study.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Photographic portraits were far less expensive than painted ones, so large numbers of people flocked to have their pictures taken.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

It spans photography’s history and tells the nation’s story through daguerreotypes, cabinet-card photos, modern portraits and more, featuring images of American icons like Abraham Lincoln, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, W.E.B.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

A nail found at the top of one of the portraits makes this theory plausible, he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

In Laayoune, the territory's largest city, footage showed people celebrating, waving Moroccan flags and displaying portraits of King Mohammed VI.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The two biggest were poster-sized campaign portraits of the presidential contenders in this fall’s election, Judge Alton B. Parker and President Theodore Roosevelt, framed.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck


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