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illustration

[il-uh-stray-shuhn] / ˌɪl əˈstreɪ ʃən /




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It was a rare moment of precision in front of goal, another illustration that despite their issues in scoring goals, Scotland have a promising array of strikers these days.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The brain's microscopic wiring may need a different kind of textbook illustration.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

But the few strong illustrations and even fewer high-quality paintings and sculptures are bracing outliers amid a sea of mostly 19th- and 20th-century melodramatic, sentimental and patriotic illustration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

This illustration shows what this family’s budget might look like if they auto-invest 15% in retirement plans.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

“We should’ve gotten Oliver to come down here and help us with this part,” Nora says, staring at our illustration.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

Charmingly detailed black-and-white illustrations by Chloe Bristol complement the book’s warmhearted tone—for despite its potentially gloomy premise, “The Lost Three” is far from morose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

It’s a valuable history lesson in echoes and dignity, one of the film’s more moving illustrations of the legacy of demonstrating for what’s right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Like most made-for-TV illustrations, these fantasies didn’t reflect life for most people, and certainly not working-class families with two working parents.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

And Arion does use computers to facilitate typesetting, as well as to print some illustrations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Other early world maps present themselves as illustrations of the orbis terrarum.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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