vignetting

verb

present participle of vignette
as in silhouetting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vignetting
  1. silhouetting
  2. hinting
  3. tracing
  4. summing up
  5. outlining
  6. suggesting
  7. exhibiting
  8. drafting
Verb
  • The sculptural dress—part of Louis Vuitton's fall 2026 collection—featured a square neckline framed by a dramatic collar that flared out behind her head, beautifully silhouetting the actress's curly bob hairstyle.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
  • As the full moon sank below the horizon, silhouetting palm trees at Jetty Park, the light of dawn ushered in the arrival of the world’s largest cruise ship to its new homeport on Florida’s Space Coast.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
Definition of silhouetting
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  • Over the last week, its official Instagram account has hosted a series of vignette teasers hinting to potential locations of the next stretch.
    — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The performance underscores the capability of Nvidia's chips, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hinting that OpenAI will be using even more computing power from the company going forward.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of hinting
Verb
  • Authorities identified 28 contacts, including relatives and health workers, and are tracing 27 passengers and crew members from his flight.
    — Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The release also included records tracing the origins of the classified investigation into the documents and investigators’ preparations for a possible search and trial.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of tracing
Verb
  • Beautiful words—really summing up what her whole career is about.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Schwartz addressed this challenge by summing up their plight in an opening credits song.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of summing up
Verb
  • Look east and southeast after dark for the Great Square of Pegasus — four moderately bright stars (Scheat, Alpheratz, Markab and Algenib) outlining an enormous square.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In 2025, Stephen Blumberg, the director of the CDC division that oversees the survey, published a memo outlining the redesign.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of outlining
Verb
  • The presidential candidates who came in third, fourth, and fifth place are all right-wing, suggesting that Bolsonaro could have a natural pool of voters to draw from in the runoff.
    — Catherine Osborn, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The gulf diplomat said the investigation, which hasn’t concluded, hasn’t found any connections with militant groups, suggesting the copilot acted on his own.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of suggesting
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  • Participants were selected through an open call, and will be exhibiting artworks and objects from private and public collections that have never been publicly displayed.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Before the Koltai family took over the spot in 1981, Steve’s father, Ivan, had already expanded from distributing erotic films to exhibiting them.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of exhibiting
Verb
  • Overseeing such a diverse mix is obviously too big a job for one person so Ellison added yet another flavor by drafting Ynon Kreiz as co-chief executive.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Tasks such as drafting ad copy or writing an email are open-ended and don’t have a single correct answer, so letting the model generate is fine.
    — Mateusz Mucha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of drafting
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“Vignetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vignetting. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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