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also canvass
as in painting
a picture created with oil paint
one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine
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Its sturdy aluminum-tube frame stands up to the elements and lifts campers off the ground for a warm, level, stable night of sleep closed off from the bitter wilds by thick British canvas.
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New Atlas, 6 Jan. 2025
On the canvas, two fat children watched as a third, blue-skinned comrade gleefully stole melted butter from a pot.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
At the same time, every member starts the new season with a blank canvas.
—Jay Monahan, Sportico.com, 2 Jan. 2025
In the lobby, the oil on canvas landscape Crepúsculo (Twilight) was painted by Modest Urgell, a major nineteenth-century Barcelonan artist who also taught Dalí and Miró.
—John Oseid, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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New Atlas, 6 Jan. 2025
On the canvas, two fat children watched as a third, blue-skinned comrade gleefully stole melted butter from a pot.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
At the same time, every member starts the new season with a blank canvas.
—Jay Monahan, Sportico.com, 2 Jan. 2025
In the lobby, the oil on canvas landscape Crepúsculo (Twilight) was painted by Modest Urgell, a major nineteenth-century Barcelonan artist who also taught Dalí and Miró.
—John Oseid, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Canvas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvas. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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