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When the researchers, who were funded by the N.I.H., used a wet paintbrush to stroke the rat pups — simulating the way a mother rat licks her offspring — these growth markers returned to normal.
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Alan Burdick, New York Times, 16 May 2025
That led him to believe Oliva had killed JonBenét, seeing as the murder weapon in the cold case had been a garrote, made of a rope attached by a knot to a broken paintbrush handle.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The archaeologists paused to pull out trowels and paintbrushes so as to not to damage any bones.
—Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Lance Neal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Early bloomers like the popular Texas state flower, the bluebonnet, and the Texas paintbrush may not be as plentiful.
—David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2025
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Alan Burdick, New York Times, 16 May 2025
That led him to believe Oliva had killed JonBenét, seeing as the murder weapon in the cold case had been a garrote, made of a rope attached by a knot to a broken paintbrush handle.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The archaeologists paused to pull out trowels and paintbrushes so as to not to damage any bones.
—Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Lance Neal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Early bloomers like the popular Texas state flower, the bluebonnet, and the Texas paintbrush may not be as plentiful.
—David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Paintbrush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paintbrush. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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paintbrush
noun
paint·brush
ˈpānt-ˌbrəsh 
1
: a brush for applying paint
2
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