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diagram

[dahy-uh-gram] / ˈdaɪ əˌgræm /


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Guests will also receive a zine-style pamphlet with the same homespun appeal explaining each of the eight sections in RM’s words alongside a diagram of the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Professor Nohria plugs the talent agency game into a basic diagram.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The diagram seems to have fallen into a black hole.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The book includes numerous photos of the Gadget in its final form, as well as a diagram of what scientists thought the mushroom cloud would look like.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

He glances at the diagram and says, "Leo? Take a look at the value for that third resistor—is that a two or a five?"

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

“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

Patterns resembling Voronoi diagrams can often be seen in nature, including the markings on giraffes.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

To illustrate witness testimony, the Journal created a scale rendering, using police diagrams, measurements, video and photographs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

The drafting table by the windows is all but hidden in the meticulously ordered chaos of papers and diagrams and blueprints.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

They’ve been so good that offenses have diagramed plans around them, assigning double-teams and going above and beyond to neutralize them.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

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

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

Forget the stodgy days of X’s and O’s diagrammed in the playbook.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2022

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

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

He came and diagrammed a few sentences for her.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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

I do a lot of diagraming stuff before I ever sit down with a computer.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2020

The numbers proceed along one row aligned with the stones and along the other aligned with the gaps between them, diagraming sculpture as a series of solids and voids.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2013

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

Watching film and diagramming plays deep into the night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

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

I’d tucked it into a soul-crushingly boring lesson on diagramming sentences.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell




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