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a pictorial character used in hieroglyphics
The statue had an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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Recent Examples of hieroglyphic
Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
Writing systems, emerging around 3,500 BCE, evolved into hieroglyphic script on papyrus, stone, and coffins.
—Costa Beavin Pappas, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Troy Renck, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2025
To the untrained eye, these raw records might as well be written in hieroglyphics.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The Fremen settings also feature hieroglyphic frescoes.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
Writing systems, emerging around 3,500 BCE, evolved into hieroglyphic script on papyrus, stone, and coffins.
—Costa Beavin Pappas, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
This is what happens when a franchise operates in a vacuum, shakes its fist at the clouds about a salary cap and treats analytics like hieroglyphics.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2025
To the untrained eye, these raw records might as well be written in hieroglyphics.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hieroglyphic
Noun
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To believe that churches can direct the laity on how to vote, whether for members of the school board or for the president of the country, is to deny the Christian teaching that all humans are made in the image of God and can understand and follow his will themselves.—
Esau McCaulley,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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It was also found in archive images going back 19 years, which allowed astronomers to compute its orbit.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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And as the discourse around it keeps stacking up, what started as a silly turn of phrase has devolved into an incomprehensible mess that’s preventing people from noticing the much more insidious shift around them.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 July 2025
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This is because for the first Daemon X Machina, the story was an incomprehensible mess.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Rumors circulated earlier this year that Trump was considering tapping former University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban to lead a new commission examining problems arising with the growth of name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights and coinciding changes to the NCAA transfer process.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
24 July 2025
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Soon after World War II, international markets were flooded with wristwatches bearing Mickey’s likeness.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
Adjective
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More Miguel Rodriguez/Getty Images What's so mysterious about a team playing well?—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Years after gaining superpowers from being bombarded by cosmic rays in space, the astronauts-turned-superheroes face a new threat when the mysterious Silver Surfer, Shalla-Bal (Julia Garner), heralds the coming of the world-devouring Galactus (Ralph Ineson).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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Winning Daily 3 numbers from July 19 drawing Midday: 9-1-5 Evening: 1-2-3 Check Daily 3 payouts and previous drawings here.—
Detroit Free Press Staff,
Freep.com,
19 July 2025
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Here’s a look at Saturday, July 19, 2025 winning numbers for each game Cash Ball 14-18-27-32, Cash Ball: 21 Lucky For Life 12-23-33-35-36, Lucky Ball: 08 Pick 3 Evening: 6-5-5 Midday: 4-8-1 Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
19 July 2025
Adjective
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The digging sticks, curved root-slicers, and a handful of somewhat puzzling implements were all found at a lakeshore site called Gantangqing.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 July 2025
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Down the stretch and into the playoffs, he was also hampered by a puzzling illness that clearly impacted his effectiveness.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Any internal organs removed during the process were typically placed in canopic jars, each featuring an iconographic lid with one of the four sons of the Egyptian god Horus to protect each organ.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
9 Nov. 2024
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One of India’s leading contemporary artists, Singh (born 1937 in Baranagar) is renowned for her bold, figurative paintings—a distinct visual language rich in color, iconographic depth, and deep narrative.—
Nargess Banks,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Hacks icon Deborah Vance can handle anything — except the thought of signing a fan's arm for a permanent tattoo!—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
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Want to drink in the same bar as outlaw icons Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson?—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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“Hieroglyphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hieroglyphic. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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