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Recent Examples of logogram
Cuneiform became syllabic, repurposing its logograms, or word symbols, as sounds.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for logogram
Noun
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His physical attributes are not going to overwhelm you.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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In the data center age, this is a beneficial attribute indeed, and one that California should free itself to utilize.—
Paige Lambermont,
Oc Register,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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While the attack on the press is underway, the authorities are also reviving old symbols of political repression.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Quantum technologies have made those challenges and others symbols of a bygone era.—
David Awschalom,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Initially used to track agricultural trade and taxes, early pictographs evolved into cuneiform—a sophisticated system of record-keeping.—
Solange Charas,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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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.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
5 July 2025
Noun
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At the center of the Crew-13 patch is a golden dragon, which is both a reference to the name of SpaceX’s capsule and the golden horses depicted on the Apollo 13 insignia.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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The insignia in the upper left of the original video belongs to the IDF’s Givati Brigade, which the IDF says has been operating in the area.—
Will Clark,
NBC news,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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All of these new additional characters have a capital B monogram above their names on their place-setting cards in a promo video for the start of production.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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Ram head logo Los Angeles Rams Along with a fiercer Ram head, there is an overall cleaner and more refined look, replacing gradient color with a solid finish to the LA monogram logo.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Theater blogs and Reddit pages have been mulling the sudden appearance this week in the Broadway theater district of two posters bearing a blue star image that resembles the logo used by the Evita London production and on the Evita Instagram page.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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Before the crowd split into teams, one person from each group donned an orange safety vest emblazoned with the logo of BrightView, the landscaping firm that does trash collection downtown.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Adult male Steller sea lions also don’t have a visible sagittal crest (the bump on the top of their heads) that is observed in adult male California sea lions, according to the Marine Mammal Center.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Penalties, club crests, tackles, the length of the grass.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Logogram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logogram. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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