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portrait

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


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Also in the top 20 were the Royal Albert Hall, Westminster Abbey, Barbican Centre, and National Portrait Gallery, which were all visited by more than 1.5m people.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

"I, for one, bet on science as helping us," he wrote in his 1968 personal autobiographical essay Self Portrait.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

Appeared in the December 31, 2025, print edition as 'A Candid Portrait Of a Comedian'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Director Andre Gaines explores the impact Scott had on the media landscape in his 30 for 30 documentary for ESPN, “Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott,” premiering Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

She ran the fingers of her left hand through my hair and stared at the Bahrami Family Portrait Gallery until she found a photo of my tenth birthday party.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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