plexiglass
noun
plex·i·glass
ˈplek-si-ˌglas 
: a transparent acrylic plastic often used in place of glass
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The pages are preserved behind plexiglass, kept in two lockable wooden boxes.
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
The lanky son of Cold War-era Soviet emigres to the U.S. appears at occasional Moscow court sessions where he is kept penned in a plexiglass enclosure.
—Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
And cracking the case required a more sophisticated approach to going after retail crime than shuttering stores or locking up deodorant behind plexiglass.
—Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
Here, mounted atop an ornate wooden dresser, is a plexiglass display box fastened to a sturdy base.
—Michael Finkel, Town & Country, 27 June 2023
Seifert said Mackey plans to install plexiglass around the well, similar to a bank teller's window, so customers can view the attraction.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2024
In the jail’s cramped visitor booths, Coleman’s family would hold Jocelyne up to the plexiglass to see her father and put the telephone to her small ear to hear his voice.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
The iPhone 14 Pro, for example, has seven lens elements (layers of glass or plexiglass) stacked above the camera sensor.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2024
There was Taylor, clad in a black tank top, leaning over a plexiglass railing in full view for fans and photographers alike.
—Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
The lanky son of Cold War-era Soviet emigres to the U.S. appears at occasional Moscow court sessions where he is kept penned in a plexiglass enclosure.
—Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
And cracking the case required a more sophisticated approach to going after retail crime than shuttering stores or locking up deodorant behind plexiglass.
—Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
Here, mounted atop an ornate wooden dresser, is a plexiglass display box fastened to a sturdy base.
—Michael Finkel, Town & Country, 27 June 2023
Seifert said Mackey plans to install plexiglass around the well, similar to a bank teller's window, so customers can view the attraction.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2024
In the jail’s cramped visitor booths, Coleman’s family would hold Jocelyne up to the plexiglass to see her father and put the telephone to her small ear to hear his voice.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
The iPhone 14 Pro, for example, has seven lens elements (layers of glass or plexiglass) stacked above the camera sensor.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2024
There was Taylor, clad in a black tank top, leaning over a plexiglass railing in full view for fans and photographers alike.
—Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
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plexiglass
noun
plex·i·glass
ˈplek-si-ˌglas
: a transparent acrylic plastic often used in place of glass
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