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Recent Examples of lacquer
The shells, lacquered in a sweet garlic glaze, shattered under our teeth.
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Each use enhanced our hair’s overall shine and sleekness, lacquering our strands with a glossy top coat that lasted a day or two.
—Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
To complete the look, the founder of Rare Beauty naturally chose to lacquer her lips in a fire-engine red, the true hallmark of Gallic insouciance.
—Georgia Day, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2024
Fabio Teixeira/Anadolu via Getty Images Drummers, stilt walkers, trumpet players and other performers, all dressed up and lacquered in glitter, attract thousands of followers.
—CBS News, 13 Feb. 2024
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Each use enhanced our hair’s overall shine and sleekness, lacquering our strands with a glossy top coat that lasted a day or two.
—Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
To complete the look, the founder of Rare Beauty naturally chose to lacquer her lips in a fire-engine red, the true hallmark of Gallic insouciance.
—Georgia Day, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2024
Fabio Teixeira/Anadolu via Getty Images Drummers, stilt walkers, trumpet players and other performers, all dressed up and lacquered in glitter, attract thousands of followers.
—CBS News, 13 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lacquer
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Generously coat the inside of a large bundt pan with softened butter. 2.Martin Sorge, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2024
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As wind blew air through a mesh coated with catalysts to extract nitrogen and hydrogen from water vapor, the device produced enough ammonia with a sufficiently high concentration for use as a hydroponic fertilizer – all without the need for additional electricity or radiation.New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2024
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Under the apartment’s roof, for example, cellulose insulation boards were left exposed, and then varnished, without being concealed behind drywall.Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 10 Dec. 2024
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The floor is put into the frame after the flooring panels have been varnished to stop water damage to the wood.CMG Containers, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2024
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Freezing rain could glaze roads to more than a half an inch creating treacherous driving conditions.Max Golembo, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Authentic Cajun spices like paprika and cayenne pepper join honey in their Cajun honey glazed ham.Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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As the writer and climate activist Bill McKibben notes, Democrats going back to Barack Obama have touted the American gas boom, glossing it as a step toward a cleaner power source than crude oil or coal.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Inside, the yacht-like blonde wood and cream leather upholstery were set apart by nautical switchgear and gloss black trim, all adding up to a most eye-pleasing experience.Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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To complete the monochrome picture, which was styled by Annabelle Harron, Oprah polished things off with a pair of boots from the brand worn by Julia Roberts and her niece Emma Roberts, along with Selena Gomez and Katie Holmes.Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Behrends completes his process by polishing and buffing the sculpture before attaching it to the trophy.Bruce Martin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Lacquer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacquer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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