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Behind them, a team of MEC employees stands at attention near promotional poster boards that keep toppling off their easels, while two armed police officers monitor the restless scene.
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The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2024
Russel prepared his lenses and McGrew set up his easel.
—Michael Levitt, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024
Wearing a matching pale yellow set, the young artist experimented with splatter paint as her easel was propped on the gravel, resting on a white cloth.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
Hernández gives her drawings a scale more commonly encountered in easel paintings, but the form is marked by a visual intimacy different from paint applied with a brush.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
There’s no doubt that grandparents love photos of family and friends, so what better way to give them a smile than with an easel calendar with fresh, new family photos.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
While this option is expensive, yearly refills are available to add next year’s calendar to the brass easel.
—Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2023
Layoffs made those who remained at their easels jittery.
—Francine Uenuma, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
Across from her daughter's bed, Wu opted for a light wood table and wooden easel, adding a wooden dollhouse on the radiator.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2024
Russel prepared his lenses and McGrew set up his easel.
—Michael Levitt, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024
Wearing a matching pale yellow set, the young artist experimented with splatter paint as her easel was propped on the gravel, resting on a white cloth.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
Hernández gives her drawings a scale more commonly encountered in easel paintings, but the form is marked by a visual intimacy different from paint applied with a brush.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
There’s no doubt that grandparents love photos of family and friends, so what better way to give them a smile than with an easel calendar with fresh, new family photos.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
While this option is expensive, yearly refills are available to add next year’s calendar to the brass easel.
—Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2023
Layoffs made those who remained at their easels jittery.
—Francine Uenuma, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
Across from her daughter's bed, Wu opted for a light wood table and wooden easel, adding a wooden dollhouse on the radiator.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Easel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/easel. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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easel
noun
ea·sel
ˈē-zəl 
: a frame for supporting something (as an artist's canvas)
Etymology
from Dutch ezel "a frame to hold an artist's canvas," literally, "donkey"
Word Origin
An easel is a frame for holding up such things as an artist's painting or a chalkboard. In the 17th century the Dutch had become famous throughout Europe for their oil painting. Thus it was their word ezel, which they used to refer to this piece of equipment, that was borrowed into English at that time. This sense of ezel was an extension of the original meaning "donkey," probably because an easel, like a beast of burden, is used to hold things.
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