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Recent Examples of finger painting
Her collection features millions of childhood artworks across developmental milestones — from scribbles to finger paintings and pictorial works — and has served as a major source of inspiration for Belott’s own artistic practice.
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Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
For toddlers and preschoolers, focus on tactile or sensory exploration activities like finger painting with mud, stamping with leaves, or drawing in the dirt with sticks.
—Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
Do something fun and silly—like finger painting or completing a puzzle.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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A little goes a long way with this gel-cream blush that will remind you of finger painting from back in the day.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2024
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Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
For toddlers and preschoolers, focus on tactile or sensory exploration activities like finger painting with mud, stamping with leaves, or drawing in the dirt with sticks.
—Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
Do something fun and silly—like finger painting or completing a puzzle.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Cloud Paint Courtesy of brand 8/25 Glossier Cloud Paint
$20 $15
Glossier
A little goes a long way with this gel-cream blush that will remind you of finger painting from back in the day.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finger painting
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By 2 payouts and previous drawings here.—
USA Today staff,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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There will be free refreshments and opportunity drawings while attendees obtain the catalog featuring the center’s class schedule.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Written like a field research journal, Emily Wilde is a clever and charming portrait of a scientist on a journey toward discovery, hard at work in the field and stumbling toward love, all at the same time.—
Brianne Kane,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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The finale, which focuses on a single subject (obsessed with and thus defensive of his own public nudity), comes closest to escaping a steady stream of antagonization and painting a nuanced portrait of what’s keeping a range of Americans from finding community.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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Scrolling through the results, Benning then selected a diverse set of reference images and turned these into digital collages on an app on their phone, finally executing them on paper through the highly personal and painstaking medium of watercolor.—
Alex Bacon,
Artforum,
10 Feb. 2026
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Patchwork prints, especially done up in watercolor hues, are a refreshing way to dial up the saturation in the bathroom without settling on any one solid hue.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
9 Feb. 2026
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Some robots, like Noetix’s Bumi, appeared in comedy sketches to show social interaction capabilities.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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The program’s first three sketches prominently featured humanoid robots, including a lengthy martial arts demonstration where over a dozen Unitree humanoids performed sophisticated fight sequences waving swords, poles and nunchucks in close proximity to human children performers.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
17 Feb. 2026
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Since 2025, the mid-rise denim with a fit-and-flare silhouette have been experiencing a bit renaissance just in time for the humble ankle boot's own spike in popularity.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
16 Feb. 2026
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The roomy square toe and chunky geometric heel are on-trend and create a flattering silhouette, as does the shape of the faux-leather boot shaft, which blooms out slightly at the top to allow for full freedom of movement.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2026
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Digital twins are virtual models that incorporate a great deal of mechanical and engineering data, creating a like-for-like digital representation of a real object, such as an aircraft.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Feb. 2026
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Fate of Kansas City’s district Amid the political wrangling, one looming legal case could decide the fate of Kansas City’s congressional representation.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
19 Feb. 2026
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Window tinting, clear coating, VIN etching, car locator services, life insurance and an extended warranty.—
Dave Lieber
Feb. 11,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Any of the original 19th-century art on the walls of every bedroom and hallway—from oil paintings to etchings to political cartoons warrant inclusion here.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Finger painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finger%20painting. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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