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Recent Examples of acrylic
The transparent, acrylic-looking design blends in with your wall, minimizing visual clutter while making items much easier to find.
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Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Jan. 2026
The overall focus on Marshall’s works on canvas, acrylic, and PVC panel makes for a concentrated experience, limiting evidence of the artist’s prolific activities in other media to just a few examples.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
The giant aluminum and acrylic music note stands 16 feet tall and weighs around 400 pounds.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
Bring your own artwork and supplies (acrylic, oil, or watercolor) to work with Alex and fellow artists.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
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Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Jan. 2026
The overall focus on Marshall’s works on canvas, acrylic, and PVC panel makes for a concentrated experience, limiting evidence of the artist’s prolific activities in other media to just a few examples.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
The giant aluminum and acrylic music note stands 16 feet tall and weighs around 400 pounds.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
Bring your own artwork and supplies (acrylic, oil, or watercolor) to work with Alex and fellow artists.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acrylic
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Bring your own artwork and supplies (acrylic, oil, or watercolor) to work with Alex and fellow artists.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Dec. 2025
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This month, Davis painted the Christmas tree inside the Union Station and included a watercolor sticker of the Shuttlecock at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Dec. 2025
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Made with gouache and pencil on paper, the work depicts a guitar and several everyday objects, including a bottle and a folded sheet of paper, arranged on a table in soft brown and gray tones.—
Dragana Jovanovic,
ABC News,
18 Oct. 2025
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With an airbrush borrowed from his job at an ad agency, Man Ray would blast droplets of gouache onto board or heavy paper and use stencils to organize the spray.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
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Everywhere Belt Bag Large 2L Wearing this pastel pink Everywhere Belt Bag adds a soft, playful touch to any outfit.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Jan. 2026
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And while faux plants typically focus on adding greenery and life into a room, artificial flowers can help complement your decor with jewel tones and pastels.—
Rebecca Shinners,
Architectural Digest,
9 Jan. 2026
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Season one was already a stunner, but season two turned the whole enterprise into a striking diptych, inverting Cassian’s original arc of awakening by reframing him as one small part in a larger collective struggle.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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Her trademark spectacles and no-nonsense Prince Valiant haircut, along with the electrifying diptych Two Sunflowers (1980), completed the scene.—
Simon Chilvers,
Vogue,
8 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, fashion illustrator Talia Zoref was on hand and busy creating aquarelle sketches for guests to take home.—
Camila Hennessy,
Vogue,
5 July 2017
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“Acrylic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrylic. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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