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[dih-pikt] / dɪˈpɪkt /


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Ads that use AI to enhance visuals don’t necessarily look different from ads that were created in the pre-AI era, which makes it difficult for viewers to discern whether they depict something false.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

Standing on a concrete pedestal, the statue will depict the pontiff with open arms, wearing his long papal robe and a crucifix around his neck.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

In this view, fiction should not only reflect present flaws but also depict people and societies worth becoming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Pro-government Serbian media "depict him as a loyal soldier who simply carried out his duties," Peled said.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Stricken, he took in the pages on the wall, their cryptic lines drawn to depict oscillations in the voice, cries and dips lost to both of us.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

It depicts how rising borrowing costs can weigh more heavily on shares of smaller companies.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Copernicus Ocean State Report depicts profound changes across the world's seas, from record-breaking heatwaves in the Mediterranean and Black seas to shifts in marine ecosystems and increasingly acidic waters.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Designed by the winners and probably stitched by the losers, it depicts alliances and double-dealings, the slaughter of a dynasty, and the rebirth of a nation under foreign laws and a hybrid tongue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Even in 2026, I think this painting depicts a lot of what Black women are going through today, whether it be in the workplace, navigating motherhood, navigating life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

It depicts the American Revolutionas a liberation movement, a clean break not just from English domination but also from the historic corruptions of European monarchy and aristocracy.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Maybe so, and the Tom Brady depicted here surely possesses some of that, demonstrated by an anecdote about him setting a bone-crushing pick in an intramural basketball game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Aegon’s Conquest” would mark the first time the original Aegon is depicted on screen, but the “Game of Thrones” franchise has featured multiple Aegon Targaryens over the years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The controversy began after media reports that figures in the Catholic Church were concerned about the future status of the saint, who is depicted in Brazil as a black woman.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

He is also repeatedly depicted as a farmer, his days spent working the land.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Unlike the suffering, earthbound Christs depicted at eye level on the church walls, our Christ Pantocrator was clearly transcendent, all-powerful, heaven- bestriding.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

"You've taken us for fools long enough," read a banner beneath a display depicting BFV officials using a magnet to pull a compass needle towards them.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The exhibition brings together original Giger artwork depicting the alien egg and an original facehugger from the 1979 film, the spidery parasite whose method of reproduction helped make “Alien” a landmark of body horror.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

London's sold-out Bayeux Tapestry exhibition will open Thursday to a British public gripped by "mania" as the medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England goes on display outside France for the first time.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

One of the stolen artworks is a vertical oil painting on canvas dating back to around 1910 depicting French actress Gabrielle Colonna-Romano.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Printed in our textbooks was a list of major holidays accompanied by a scattered arrangement of photographs depicting French people in the act of celebration.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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