as in painting
a usually large painting that is done directly on the surface of a wall
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Recent Examples of mural
After Miami, Cincinnati may have the nation’s greatest collection of public murals.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The mural features Latino baseball players and was meant to represent the largely Hispanic community in the surrounding north side neighborhood.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
With just weeks to go until the World Cup begins in Kansas City, signs of soccer enthusiasm and the city’s expansive welcome were seen throughout the event, including a new mural, soccer wear and more.
—Emily Curiel
may 24, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
Feet on the Street’s Come Hungry, Leave Happy tour guides people through the best food vendors, notable art murals and either a jazz club, art gallery, and/or a letterpress shop in the district.
—Jen Crystal, Midwest Living, 22 May 2026
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The mural features Latino baseball players and was meant to represent the largely Hispanic community in the surrounding north side neighborhood.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
With just weeks to go until the World Cup begins in Kansas City, signs of soccer enthusiasm and the city’s expansive welcome were seen throughout the event, including a new mural, soccer wear and more.
—Emily Curiel
may 24, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
Feet on the Street’s Come Hungry, Leave Happy tour guides people through the best food vendors, notable art murals and either a jazz club, art gallery, and/or a letterpress shop in the district.
—Jen Crystal, Midwest Living, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mural
Noun
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Baer beautifully evokes paintings inspired by the work of outsider artist Henry Darger.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Adam and Eve After Cranach, 1971, an acrylic diptych modeled on Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 1526 painting of the titular couple.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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The Scolding, 1965, a claustrophobic portrait of jaundiced and blotchy figures watching a contretemps, has some of the unsettling atmosphere of James Ensor’s 1890 canvas The Intrigue, in which a clutch of masked figures presses in on the viewer.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Undoubtedly Oslo’s most attractive contemporary hangout for summer, watching color-shifting cloudscapes and islands blur like a Munch canvas from the rooftop terrace.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Passengers can expect jaw-dropping scenery throughout the journey, from towering evergreens and pristine glacial lakes to panoramas of the Rocky Mountains.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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Chipmunks chitter around the bald summit as travelers marvel at the vast panorama unfurling at their feet.—
Shilo Urban,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
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Budget travel is a hot topic these days, with surging oil prices and the closure of Spirit Airlines.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
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Officials at the Air Resources Board then spent the last several months drafting and revising the plan voted on this week, which received considerable feedback from oil and gas companies, environmental groups, lobbyists and lawmakers all jockeying for different priorities.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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