diptych

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Recent Examples of diptych His most recent works, the Polar EP and the conceptual diptych Helios Rave Draft and Superfluid, continue his exploration of sound design as emotional and physical experience. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026 Around 2013, Kalu also began creating distinctive circular drawings — whirlpools of overlapping ink, acrylic pen, graphite or oil pastel that are frequently presented as diptychs and triptychs. Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 10 Dec. 2025 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 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 See All Example Sentences for diptych
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Noun
  • An ancient ginkgo tree enchants longing souls across more than a century in this spellbinding cinematic triptych starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Léa Seydoux.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Apparently Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó intends his latest film, At the Sea, to be the middle part of a loose triptych that began with 2020’s Pieces of a Woman which earned star Vanessa Kirby an Oscar nomination, and the upcoming A Place to Be with Ellen Burstyn and Pamela Anderson.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The wall murals, filled with fantastical forest scenes dotted with exotic birds against a bright-blue background, all inspired by the work of turn-of-the-20th-century Newport artist Howard Gardiner Cushing.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
  • Its village walls are still covered in murals advocating social protest and antiauthoritarianism.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • The Bernina Express winds through striking Alpine scenery before descending into warm, sunlit Mediterranean landscapes, revealing a stunning panorama that feels almost cinematic.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2026
  • Adaptive headlights, alloy wheels, panorama moon roof, power lift gate and trunk release, power folding exterior mirrors and rain-sensing windshield wipers are also standard.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • The seven tracks on their first LP together are largely instrumental and instinctive, building a pivotal series of Miami recording sessions into a fresco of outsider rock, ambient, and avant-garde arrangement.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
  • To encompass the story, about a miracle from 847, when Pope Leo IV stopped a fire with a blessing, Raphael brings you into the fresco through the unshod feet of a woman in agony and leaves you near the very back, with a tiny and serene Leo IV.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Think pottery classes, watercolor lessons, baking, gardening, book clubs, Pilates, surf lessons and dance classes like hip hop.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
  • Lively leaned into the moment with a look designed to turn heads — an archival 2006 Atelier Versace gown in soft watercolor tones.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Unlike spare paintings of the postwar era created by artists like Agnes Martin, who famously worked solo, Zhao’s require assistance from supply chains and shipping companies to become complete.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
  • Viewers might sense a grand statement being made by the invocation of this famous painting.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • The first iteration of the lottery was won by Jeffrey Gonano, a 25-year-old man from a suburb of Pittsburgh, who won a L’Homme au Gibus (1914), also a gouache on paper.
    Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Ari Hodara, ​a 59-year-old software engineer from Paris, won Tête de femme (1941), or head of a woman, a gouache-on-paper portrait, according to Reuters.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Finish with a protective acrylic clear coat to keep the paint from chipping.
    Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 2 May 2026
  • The clear acrylic design gives you a front-row view of visitors, while five ultra-strong suction cups secure it to a window—no drilling or hanging required.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Apr. 2026

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“Diptych.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diptych. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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