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portrait

[pawr-trit, -treyt, pohr-] / ˈpɔr trɪt, -treɪt, ˈpoʊr- /


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Everyone wears white, and an enlarged portrait of Paul sits on an easel overlooking the quad.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

John Singleton Copley’s 1768 portrait of Paul Revere at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts does something similar, on a smaller scale and in a different medium.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

This year, however, an empty chair bearing his portrait stood at the mausoleum, according to footage broadcast from the site.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

If Euphoria once felt like an exaggerated but emotionally resonant portrait of Gen Z adolescence, its latest season has pushed that chaos to near-surreal extremes.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Coding, portrait drawing, and creative writing for teens.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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