1
as in stains
to make dirty
a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer
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2
as in smears
to rub an oily or sticky substance over
he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face
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Verb
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Through surreal collages, abstract dreamscapes, and hauntingly beautiful animals, EMA paints a picture of humanity’s past, present, and future in the midst of challenges and changes.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
31 Dec. 2024 -
However, data paints a different picture.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Facial hair and hats had been scribbled all over their portraits.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
25 Dec. 2024
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Biographical portraits of pop stars, all in national tours at The Bushnell, ranged from Cher to Neil Diamond to Fanny Brice to Michael Jackson.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
22 Dec. 2024
Noun
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By the 1930s and throughout the 1940s, Benton became associated with Regionalism—among its devotees, Grant Wood—which rejected abstract expressionism and exalted realist representations of rural America.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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Embeddings, simply put, are numerical representations of any object, like words, images, protein sequences, etc.—
Harini Gopalakrishnan,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Excavations unearthed priceless statues and reliefs, including depictions of crouching lions and a youthful male figure.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Dec. 2024
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This small house contained a number of sensual, mythic depictions.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN,
12 Dec. 2024
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“Daubs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daubs. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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