construction paper
noun
: a thick groundwood paper available in many colors and used especially for school artwork
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Imagine the totality of Twin Peaks: The Return as an enormous mosaic painting consisting of 18 individual panels; each panel is hidden by a strip of black construction paper, and the artist removes them one at a time, giving you ten minutes to study one panel before revealing the next.
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
White construction paper and blue and black markers.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
Cornucopia, as anyone who had to make one out of construction paper in kindergarten for Thanksgiving can tell you, is a horn of plenty.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
To ensure the correct size, trace the bottom of a wine glass on orange construction paper and cut a circle out.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2024
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
White construction paper and blue and black markers.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
Cornucopia, as anyone who had to make one out of construction paper in kindergarten for Thanksgiving can tell you, is a horn of plenty.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
To ensure the correct size, trace the bottom of a wine glass on orange construction paper and cut a circle out.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for construction paper
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“Construction paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/construction%20paper. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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