limn

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Recent Examples of limn The adjacent desperations of the Emory family are meant to limn the material and psychological effects of living under the threat of anti-Blackness in America. Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2021 Nonetheless, Democrats want to be perceived as favoring virtually universal suffrage, and to limn their conservative and Republican opposition as favoring vote suppression. Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 3 Nov. 2020 Her poems, which have appeared in The New Yorker for over thirty years, limn the legacies of history, in her home country and beyond, and reckon especially with the repression of women’s accomplishments, realities, and inner lives. Hannah Aizenman, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2020 Also stuffed not inelegantly between the microcosmic doings are several larger incidents that limn the bloody and brutal history of the two centuries, including South American totalitarianism, European pogroms and the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2020 See All Example Sentences for limn
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  • Nancy Preis, Opera in the Ozarks general director, will describe the new, state-of-the-art theater built with funds from the Walton Family Foundation at Inspiration Point outside Eureka Springs.
    Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
  • The first three have to do with the yield curve, which describes the structure of interest rates (yields) in the Treasury market.
    George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
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  • Visitors are greeted with a diorama depicting children and dinosaurs interacting peacefully in the Garden of Eden.
    Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
  • Banners depicting hometown heroes adorn the streets of Westminster in time for Memorial Day, honoring those who served in the U.S. military, including some who gave their lives.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2025
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  • For voice actors who previously portrayed Darth Vader in video games, the Fortnite feature starkly illustrates how AI voice synthesis could reshape their profession.
    Ashley Belanger – May 19, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
  • Natalie Portman will portray Franklin in a screen version of Photograph 51 directed by Tom Hooper.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 May 2025

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“Limn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limn. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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