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imagery

[im-ij-ree, im-i-juh-ree] / ˈɪm ɪdʒ ri, ˈɪm ɪ dʒə ri /
NOUN
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Even zoomed-out satellite imagery of western France shows a striking increase in the browning of land compared to last year.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

But his film is so polished, and its imagery so vivid, that you want to look past these deficits.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

But political imagery is not entirely under the politician’s control.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Hilton, Lohan and their ilk infiltrated these scenes as well, and to hear Willetts tell it, the music and imagery that came out of both influenced the nightlife aesthetics everywhere, especially in the U.K.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Hooke’s imagery is misleading—and he was misled by it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In each case, she examines her life through the lens of fairy tales, demonstrating how we can draw on their moralities and imageries to make sense of ourselves and our relationship to others.

From Washington Post Apr. 11, 2023

These are very real things, very real issues that we deal with, and the dope, almost simple act of just showing regular humans can counteract years of negative imageries.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2021

As you pointed out, there are many beautiful imageries in science, and they are often produced during the course of conducting an experiment or as a way of presenting the result of said experiment.

From Scientific American Jan. 13, 2012

“Heraldic emblazonments, and religious emblems, painting and gilding, stained glass, and curiously-wrought metal work, imageries and inscriptions, rood loft and reredos, stone altar and sedilia, metal screenwork, encaustic paving, make up the gorgeous spectacle.”

From Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney

You cannot help seeing that his mind is a storehouse of all the liveliest imageries of men and things.

From Plato and Platonism by Walter Pater




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