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illustration

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




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The current market provides a good illustration of this relationship.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Accompanying the piece was a now-famous illustration of the Disney Flywheel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

As Supreme Court justices prepare their ruling, Americans got a vivid illustration of the policy at work in the form of star US striker Folarin Balogun, who scored twice in the 4-1 rout over Paraguay.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

To me, World Cup ticket prices are a striking illustration of how deep this reality has become.

From Salon Jun. 14, 2026

Indeed, it seems clear that what he was doing was comparing Galileo’s illustration with what he could see through his telescope, for both Galileo’s illustration and Harriot’s feature a large circular boss.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

One of the most famous illustrations of quantum mechanics came in 1935, when Erwin Schrödinger proposed his cat paradox.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

Near the gallery’s center are the iconic Norman Rockwell posters, originally Saturday Evening Post illustrations, inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 “Four Freedoms” speech.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Haberman and Swan argue those episodes are not simply colorful anecdotes but illustrations of a presidency increasingly shaped by personal loyalty, image management and a shrinking inner circle.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

Perez’s illustrations show kids huddling on a boat, or stuck inside with their soccer balls, or waving at other kids across the way.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

But instead of Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, the illustrations showed crystal-blue alpine lakes and edelweiss-covered meadows populated with snow larks, mountain hares, and other wildlife of that Swiss ilk.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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