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diagram

[dahy-uh-gram] / ˈdaɪ əˌgræm /


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To me, it seemed Paul found love at the center of a Venn diagram, with someone who didn’t mind when Paul wanted to spend time at the other end of his individual circle.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

This diagram serves as a visual guide to different stable quantum phases, each defined by fixed topological properties.

From Science Daily May 4, 2026

Near the opening of his book on the intersection of science and music, Stephon Alexander shares a diagram created by John Coltrane: a mandala-like circle that evokes the cycle of musical keys.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

The diagram shows the basis of the 18% figure, as well as one showing 46% chunk of jobs will see less immediate change:

From MarketWatch Apr. 17, 2026

More generally, it’s essential to keep an open mind about how to diagram a sentence rather than assuming that everything you need to know about grammar was figured out before you were born.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

“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

"Voronoi diagrams have been used for centuries in a variety of applications ranging from city planning to network design," Navlakha says.

From Science Daily May 14, 2026

We also received an exhaustive tutorial in the history of taste and of restorations executed to respond to that taste, with helpful diagrams for each exhibited work indicating what was old and what was added.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

The diagrams are just a way to draw your attention to the cognitive entities that are active in your mind as you put together a sentence.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

Gilligan showed me an iPad with a schematic of the set, upon which he’d diagramed Odenkirk’s looping path through the house and the camera angles he devised to capture it.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2022

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

The shift in attitude hasn’t been firmly diagrammed; instead, what’s going on here is mostly subconscious, like a collective unlocking of forbidden territory.

From Slate Feb. 12, 2026

Later in the second, WSU diagrammed a rollout pass for Ward, whose receiver made Arbuckle look like a genius this time.

From Seattle Times Oct. 21, 2023

You already have diagrammed some of the Mark Twain excerpt and know how plots move along.

From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

She moved through our classroom as coolly as if Khesanh were just a proper noun in a sentence that needed to be diagrammed.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

A senior animal keeper, Nicole Ethier, gave out marching orders like a football coach diagraming a complicated play.

From New York Times May 16, 2018

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

He moved beside me on the couch holding a clipboard, and with shaky hands started diagramming essential aspects of his theory that would benefit a case as ostentatious as my own.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 12, 2023

Breaking through creative roadblocks can be challenging, but Isaac and Karen trade tricks, such as diagramming passages of your favorite writing and inventing weird rules to find a voice that fits your work.

From Slate Mar. 24, 2022

Especially English when we’re discussing stories, instead of diagramming sentences.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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