acrylic

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Recent Examples of acrylic Upstairs, the singer had converted the main bedroom into a spa, complete with a vivid red acrylic tub. Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 1 Dec. 2024 Synthetic fibers — such as polyester, nylon, spandex and acrylic — account for about two-thirds of textile products today. Fairchild Studio, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024 Plenty of sweaters are made with acrylic and polyester fibers, which can look great and keep you cozy, but natural materials tend to be better investments. Andrea Bossi, Essence, 10 Dec. 2024 Hedy Buzan, a printmaker and painter who works in pen and ink, acrylics and watercolor, is a 22-year Village resident who maintains a studio in bucolic Laguna Canyon. Daniella Walsh, Orange County Register, 7 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for acrylic 
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Noun
  • Attend an artist talk or sign up for a hands-on class, such as watercolor painting or figure drawing.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Helena’s are traditional, neat watercolor landscapes.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • One of them was watercolor and one of them was done with opaque gouache — The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, all of these are gouaches.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
  • Her works are softly abstract; powdery colors form cloud-like shapes that might be superimposed with free-handed linear strokes in acrylic, gouache, oil stick, oil pastels, and graphite.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The matte finish formula has racked up thousands of five-star ratings and is available in neutral, pastel, and shimmering colors.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • During a visit, guests can dine on a fresh pastel while learning about the history of Colombia’s many palenques, a type of settlement that was founded by African natives that escaped enslavement.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The 2020 diptych of folklore and evermore showed Swift spreading her songwriting wings, and this track — written from the perspective of someone who’s mulling over a holiday fling with a long-ago ex — is one of her best recent offerings.
    Maura Johnston, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Upstairs, a second office painted in jade features a 1970s cowhide screen that Driver found at Marche Paul Bert in Paris and a Nike Schroeder diptych, which was the first piece of art Driver purchased years ago for the clients’ first home.
    Lindsay Talbot, Architectural Digest, 18 Dec. 2024

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“Acrylic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrylic. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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