portray
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Musk's lawyers seized on the entries to portray Brockman as a calculating opportunist.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
President Vladimir Putin will have been reluctant to pare back a parade that is always choreographed to portray Russian strength.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
The Grammy Award-winning rapper made history as the show’s first woman to portray the charismatic cabaret manager Zidler — the character’s full name is Harold Zidler.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Some of the cast assembled here take a little too long to find the essence of the men and women they portray, but on the whole they do distinguished and affecting work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
And I couldn’t help but smile, imagining what a thrill it would be for the lucky detective who got to dress up in one of Mr. Bangs’s clever disguises and portray the wandering book peddler.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing portray
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 4
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