under glass

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: in a glass container

Most of the articles in the museum are preserved under glass.

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Indigenous art appears as paintings and artifacts under glass, while natural light gently drifts throughout the home during its 300+ days of sunshine a year. —

Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024 Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri was on hand Thursday to open the new archaeological garden and museum and walked across the map fragments – now preserved under glass — of the famous Forma Urbis Romae. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024 At least part of it is preserved under glass at the Campo de Cahuenga historic site. —

Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024 There are hundreds of vendors in this section alone, and jewelry is mostly displayed in bins or scattered on tables rather than placed under glass. —

Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 29 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for under glass