as in canvas
a picture created with oil paint
the Mona Lisa is a haunting painting of a woman with a most mysterious smile
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as in describing
to give a representation or account of in words
the description painted a perfect image of the sun setting over the ocean
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as in staining
to give color or a different color to
I've decided to paint the bathroom walls purple
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Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
At Sotheby’s Old Masters and 19th-century paintings evening sale last Thursday, UK chairman Harry Dalmeny fielded bids from potential buyers with wispy silver crowns and bespoke pinstriped tailoring.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Nathan Pugh, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
As mentioned, painting a coffered ceiling can add to the overall aesthetic.
—Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
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This would all happen before 8 a.m., and the rest of the day was spent with Lego bricks, painting, or Oobleck, capped off by a movie watched from under a pile of blankets that may or may not have been a fort.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
At Sotheby’s Old Masters and 19th-century paintings evening sale last Thursday, UK chairman Harry Dalmeny fielded bids from potential buyers with wispy silver crowns and bespoke pinstriped tailoring.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Danaher would put the words on the wall using an electro pounce machine, a sign painting technology with an electric current running through a pen tip.
—Nathan Pugh, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
As mentioned, painting a coffered ceiling can add to the overall aesthetic.
—Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
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For the opening of Salon 94’s sprawling new headquarters, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn chose to feature Adams’ latest monumental canvases of strikingly colorful portraits for the inaugural exhibition.Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The chicken is tender and juicy, a blank canvas for a few meals..Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 12 Dec. 2024
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There’s also the corresponding Van Neumann bottleneck, describing limitations in transfer between the CPU and the memory.John Werner, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Penny did not testify, but several of his relatives, friends and fellow Marines did — describing him as an upstanding, patriotic and empathetic man.Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Other highlights include two private elevator landings and a sprawling living area spotlighted by a mosaic mural.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Noble also offers an art program highlighted by a 1,365-square-foot mural by artist Douglas Hoekzema.Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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The campaign involves social media, digital content depicting large Madewell gift boxes atop landmarks around the city, and a New York Times insert appearing Sunday.David Moin, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
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The camera now floats just behind the character’s head, depicting work and home, love stories and painful reunions, fleeting observations and a reckoning with the past, as if from two points of view simultaneously—one visual and one spectral, bringing absence to life along with presence.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024
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Another year, another slew of new Los Angeles restaurants coloring outside the lines and creating their own genres.Andy Wang, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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After buying and giving away coloring books for Christmas every year, Montgomery Ward wanted its own book as a cost-saving measure.John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
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Elsewhere in his interview with the Sunday Times, Craig dismissed the idea that portraying a gay man while still leading the Bond franchise would have made a statement on masculinity.Michaela Zee, Variety, 8 Dec. 2024
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This failure has eroded the Democratic brand, with right-wing media filling the void and portraying Democrats as out-of-touch elites.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Nvidia got a jump on its rivals by realizing that its chips, initially made for rendering graphics, happened to be perfectly suited for training neural networks, the programs that underpin modern AI.Billy Perrigo, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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So while traces of the virus’ genetic material can still be found, the machinery of the virus is unable to replicate, rendering it harmless, Lucey said.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
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Summary Many social media influencers tout rice water as an anti-aging and skin-brightening miracle.Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 10 Dec. 2024
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That includes controversial technologies used to reflect sunlight back into space, primarily by sending reflective particles into the atmosphere or by brightening clouds.Justine Calma, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/painting. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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