portrayal
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"This suggests Kank may have been an active fisher, contrasting with common portrayal of raptors as agile terrestrial predators, like Velociraptor from the Northern Hemisphere."
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
But Riley stressed the film is not a downer portrayal of the struggle between social classes.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Ms. Fridland calls out Matt Damon’s portrayal of the title character in the 1997 film “Good Will Hunting” as an example of how the nonrhotic accent can be seen as signal of a working-class identity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Smith told BBC Radio 2 she felt like an "adopted Scouser" since her critically acclaimed portrayal of Liverpool's Cilla Black in the ITV drama Cilla in 2014.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
Yet in its very portrayal, and in the lavish detail paid to its design, there was a certain false glitz, as though the entire exhibit were under a limelight.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing portrayal
Academy Awards, List 6
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Between Shades of Gray
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The Unmapped Sea
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