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depicts

  • present tense form
    of depict (3rd person singular).
    depict
    verb (used with object)
    to represent by or as if by painting or other visual image; portray; delineate.

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His diary depicts a world unwittingly, then unmistakably, spinning toward destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

She gets a tattoo and embarks on a fling, and with great tenderness Mr. Drury depicts the fallout from her 30-year itch, as it might be called.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The ad depicts two grandparents enthusiastically hugging a young boy, but when they approach their granddaughter she appears unhappy about the exchange.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

It depicts how rising borrowing costs can weigh more heavily on shares of smaller companies.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

A stained-glass ceiling looms above us and depicts a dozen different Black people.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas