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Recent Examples of charcoal
African Guernica, which was drawn by Feni using charcoal and pencil in 1967, is part of a new series at the Reina Sofía museum in Madrid, and is on display directly opposite Picasso’s work.
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Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
The restaurant's specialty is robatayaki, fireside grilling, where counter seats surround a charcoal hearth and chefs prepare dishes in full view.
—Kim Kay, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
Mangrove trees are cut down for aquaculture, logged for charcoal and destroyed to make room for coastal development.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
MacKeever recommends painting shutters in a neutral such as black, charcoal, or deep green, allowing the front door to be the focus.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
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Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
The restaurant's specialty is robatayaki, fireside grilling, where counter seats surround a charcoal hearth and chefs prepare dishes in full view.
—Kim Kay, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
Mangrove trees are cut down for aquaculture, logged for charcoal and destroyed to make room for coastal development.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
MacKeever recommends painting shutters in a neutral such as black, charcoal, or deep green, allowing the front door to be the focus.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for charcoal
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The Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art has the largest collection of Florida art, including 2,600 oil and watercolor paintings of the state.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
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Antonio Bustamante has kept a watercolor of labor leader César Chavez for more than 35 years, hanging it on the wall of his law office in Yuma, Arizona.—
Fernanda Figueroa,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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The pale blue-violet hue is also a perfect pastel for spring.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
10 Apr. 2026
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The trio wanted to speak to children directly, and using oil pastel was part of their approach.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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Shirahama’s detailed etching and line work make the manga feel like an old picture book come to life, and her paneling and layouts are astonishingly detailed and gorgeous.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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Helium is used during the etching process, when material that’s been deposited on a wafer is scraped away to form transistor structures, said Jacob Feldgoise, an analyst at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology.—
Kelvin Chan,
Fortune,
21 Mar. 2026
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But like engraving, repairing musical instruments and many other skilled trades, creating and fitting garments to individual specifications hasn’t attracted enough entry-level workers over the years to replace the professionals retiring their pincushions after decades of performing their craft.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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Detractors have also panned the engraving of Infantino’s name on the Club World Cup trophy.—
Sanat Pai Raikar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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Three works from Luigi Magnani’s permanent collection were stolen: Les Poissons by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (c. 1917), oil on canvas Still Life with Cherries by Paul Cézanne (1890), pencil and watercolor on paper Odalisque on the Terrace by Henri Matisse (1922), aquatint on paper.—
Chiara Pizzimenti,
Vanity Fair,
31 Mar. 2026
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In Loewe’s flagship store, in Madrid, a colorful abstract aquatint by Howard Hodgkin, more than twenty feet in length, hangs opposite the main entrance.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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For example, given line drawings of various cylinders, a neural network called an encoder can learn to convert each image into numbers representing fundamental aspects of each cylinder, such as its height, width, orientation and location.—
Anil Ananthaswamy,
Wired News,
7 Dec. 2025
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Grab it in the Bear Mountain Scene colorway, which features line drawings of bears, cabins, and trees on one side, and bear paws on the reverse.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Nov. 2025
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“Charcoal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charcoal. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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