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Recent Examples of logogramCuneiform became syllabic, repurposing its logograms, or word symbols, as sounds.—Longreads, 1 July 2025 Most interestingly, many of the artists used logograms (a symbol to represent a word) rooted in the use of homophones.—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2023
But before this, some of the brightest Chinese minds of the 20th century had to figure out a way to harness the complex pictographs that make up written Chinese into a typewriter, and later, a computer.
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Emily Feng,
NPR,
5 July 2025
In fact, the younger Edmunds notes the long history of pictographs and symbols, like the Adinkra, which are used in fabric and pottery across West Africa.
Some Chinese distributors openly market products such as Supermicro’s B200 racks on social media that show photos of packages with the company’s logo—although it has not been verified if the sales have been completed.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
24 July 2025
The Krispy Kreme logo is featured on the heel strap.
The incident occurred on the Col de Peyresourde mountain pass in the central Pyrenees, about 200 meters from the crest of the hill, according to Reuters.
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Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
19 July 2025
Oakland County Road Commission spokeswoman Cindy Dingell said torrential rains in Oakland Township on Wednesday, July 16, caused Paint Creek to crest, overwhelming a culvert beneath Orion Road.
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