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also canvass
as in painting
a picture created with oil paint
one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine
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The Rockies went toe-to-toe with them, but, per usual, the Rockies ended up on the canvas.
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
Dobos says that’s likely due to the formula’s silica, the stuff used in many makeup primers that fills in large pores and crevices to create a smooth canvas.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 7 May 2025
Majerus used Photoshop to design his paintings and then virtually install them in specific gallery spaces in advance, tailoring the layout down to the inch, before his brush ever touched canvas.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
Several volunteers mixed the paints in separate batches, with each student getting a canvas to express themselves visually.
—Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
Dobos says that’s likely due to the formula’s silica, the stuff used in many makeup primers that fills in large pores and crevices to create a smooth canvas.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 7 May 2025
Majerus used Photoshop to design his paintings and then virtually install them in specific gallery spaces in advance, tailoring the layout down to the inch, before his brush ever touched canvas.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
Several volunteers mixed the paints in separate batches, with each student getting a canvas to express themselves visually.
—Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
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painting
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On view through June 29, the show includes items like original manuscripts, rare first editions and an 1843 painting of Dickens that went missing for more than a century.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025
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Least similar: These temples are filled with paintings and statues, etc.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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“Canvas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvas. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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