as in painting
a usually large painting that is done directly on the surface of a wall
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Stop by during one of the monthly Second Saturdays to experience some of the city’s infectious energy, or simply meander through the streets, admiring the colorful murals and other public artworks.
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Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
In December last year, as debate raged about whether Arsenal had become too reliant on goals from dead-ball situations, their fans honoured the club’s set-piece coach Nicolas Jover with a mural in the Hornsey Road tunnel next to the Emirates Stadium.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Each mural draws on themes of belonging and connection.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Notables from literature, journalism, entertainment and the arts joined in the festivities surrounded by Ed Sorel’s murals from another era.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
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Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
In December last year, as debate raged about whether Arsenal had become too reliant on goals from dead-ball situations, their fans honoured the club’s set-piece coach Nicolas Jover with a mural in the Hornsey Road tunnel next to the Emirates Stadium.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Each mural draws on themes of belonging and connection.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Notables from literature, journalism, entertainment and the arts joined in the festivities surrounded by Ed Sorel’s murals from another era.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mural
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With an absence of primary source footage or even photographs, The American Revolution relies heavily on familiar Burnsian tracking shots and zooms on paintings.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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The daughter of Veronica Hearst, one of her era’s most stylish society swans, she was raised in a lavish Fifth Avenue apartment designed by Renzo Mongiardino featuring columns, tapestries, and Old Master paintings.—
Derek Blasberg,
Architectural Digest,
5 Nov. 2025
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Certain dishes, like the chilango pizza — featuring carnitas or carne asada, jalapeños, queso fresco and avocado — and the three tacos plate, pull inspiration from Mexican cuisine.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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The 40-Year Con: Part III A spectacular exhibition of frescoes, paintings, drawings, and illuminated manuscripts has just opened in not one but two venues in Florence—Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo di San Marco.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
4 Oct. 2025
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The house’s logo take on a minimalist form here, and the bag itself is made from a combination of sturdy aluminum and chic canvas for a luxurious finish.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
2 Nov. 2025
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There were defensive heroics galore and multiple late home runs that drew the Dodgers off the canvas.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Astronomers have unveiled the largest low-frequency radio color image of the Milky Way ever created, offering a sprawling cosmic panorama that reveals supernova remnants, stellar nurseries, pulsars and the intricate glow of gas and dust weaving through our galaxy’s heart.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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The iconic meadow scene, during which Bella and Edward stare longingly at one another on the forest floor, reached new levels of enchantmemt thanks to a proper display of the scene's idyllic panorama.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Sanctions, and Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries, are also hitting businesses.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Scarcity leads to hard choices Scarcity is the reality that there are not enough resources – such as food, oil, water and land – to go around.—
Kaleb Demerew,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Mural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mural. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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