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Recent Examples of diptych
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.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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
The exhibition is physically structured around five diptychs, each on a podium, juxtaposing five sculptures and five video installations.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
Jepsen’s most recent studio album, The Loveliest Time, landed in 2023, completing a diptych with 2022’s The Loneliest Time.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 July 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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
The exhibition is physically structured around five diptychs, each on a podium, juxtaposing five sculptures and five video installations.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
Jepsen’s most recent studio album, The Loveliest Time, landed in 2023, completing a diptych with 2022’s The Loneliest Time.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diptych
Noun
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Cove, 2025, the right panel of a triptych, appears at first to be a pastoral scene of boatmen on a tropical shore.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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In Atlanta, the SCAD FASH exhibition features some 75 looks, including ephemera from André’s home and rare archival photographs — arranged in a triptych of time and tone of red, white and black.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
13 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Mopeds rev their engines and rush by the murals of Diego Maradona.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Just as those revolutionary murals have sun-bleached and blistered, so the heady jubilation of the students’ victory has become tarnished by infighting and division.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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And for photographer Petr Horálek, patience was key in creating this stunning panorama of the Milky Way galaxy above the Gemini South Telescope.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The panorama from my island summit is spellbinding.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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For example, a fresco of Thecla – along with her mother and Paul – is depicted in a fifth- or sixth-century grotto just outside of Ephesus, an important city both in the Roman Empire and in early Christianity.—
Christy Cobb,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2026
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Giménez of Borja, a small town in northwest Spain, became a viral star in 2012 when photos of her restoration of a 1930s fresco at her local church were published.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
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The kids spent their days on the slopes, in watercolor or leather-making classes, horseback riding, feeding cattle on the farm, or in the game room.—
Ronny Maye,
Essence,
1 Feb. 2026
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Former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reported receiving several high-value gifts, including a $3,700 bronze statue from his Indian counterpart, binoculars worth $2,950 from his Qatari counterpart and a $1,300 watercolor painting from the prime minister of Iraq.—
MATTHEW LEE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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But there’s something about looking at a Jacob Lawrence painting that offers me the biggest inspiration in terms of the dexterity and freedom and elasticity of Black bodies in space.—
Jason Parham,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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The cross on this painting is a target, like when bombing with a drone.—
Thomas Patier,
Artforum,
27 Jan. 2026
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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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Plus, the acrylic casing keeps items protected.—
Shea Simmons,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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The reversible blanket features 100 percent polyester on one side and a polyester, acrylic, and wool blend material on the other that creates the perfect balance of buttery-soft comfort and soothing warmth without feeling too heavy.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Diptych.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diptych. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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