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portrait

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


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In “A Moment in the Sun,” Shane White has created a remarkable portrait of black life in Manhattan that reveals the possibilities and limits of freedom during the 50 years preceding the Civil War.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

The scene comes towards the end of Don't Look Back In Anger, a sentimental and affectionate portrait of the band's comeback tour in 2025.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Mao's face is printed on banknotes, his portrait overlooks Tiananmen Square, and his body is preserved in a mausoleum.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Perlis’ portrait of the county at the height of the decade suggests a region that had escaped — or at least refused to look at — the worst of America’s turmoil.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

The photographs on a side table rearranged to make room for Leo’s sixth-grade school portrait.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

He also shot portraits of Hollywood darlings like Marilyn Monroe and Lucille Ball, plus action shots of musical legends Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Michael Jackson, to name a few.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The two brothers' coffins, draped in the Iran-backed group's yellow flag, portraits of them in camouflage fatigues fixed to the front, led the procession through the village battered by repeated conflict over nearly three years.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

We encounter paintings on canvas and on copper; bronzes, terracottas and an impressive ivory; dispassionate portraits, intimate sketches and pitiless caricatures.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

On his walls, portraits of Kuwait's emir and crown prince hang alongside a plaque reading: "There is no place like the homeland, and no homeland like Kuwait."

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

There are portraits of a woman and a little girl, small amateur photographs taken against an ivy-clad wall.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque




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