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as in facade
a deceptively attractive external appearance
the veneer of civility that the neighbors had maintained over the years disappeared with the filing of the first lawsuit
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as in exterior
an outer part or layer
the top and sides of the desk are overlaid with cherry veneers, while the interior wood is white pine
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as in to coat
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Recent Examples of veneer
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 31 Oct. 2024
Selected real wood veneers are used and Audiovector also offers custom finishes, hand-painted in Denmark.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
And if Psyche does have a rocky mantle, ferrovolcanic seeps could have veneered it with metal from the asteroid’s core.
—Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 18 Sep. 2019
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Noun
The psychologist in her 30s — who did not want to give her surname — visited Albania for dental veneers and a lip procedure with the hopes of improving her smile.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 31 Oct. 2024
Selected real wood veneers are used and Audiovector also offers custom finishes, hand-painted in Denmark.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
Your table is almost certainly veneered, meaning that the top has a thin layer of beautiful wood glued to a base material, which could be plywood or particleboard.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
And if Psyche does have a rocky mantle, ferrovolcanic seeps could have veneered it with metal from the asteroid’s core.
—Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 18 Sep. 2019
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Smith’s Bar and Restaurant Image For 70 years, a red-and-green neon extravaganza shone out from the corner facade of Smith’s Bar at 44th Street and Eighth Avenue, on a once seedy strip of Hell’s Kitchen.John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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The earthquake of 2023 finally brought down what was left of the regime’s facade.Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
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The design team decided to pay homage to the state's geology by designing the building's exterior to resemble Mill Bluff's ancient rock columns.Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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On the exterior, the home features composition shingles on the roof.Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Its tubing technology coats each lash for serious volume and all-day wear—no flaking, no clumps.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2024
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The outer surfaces were then sanded, covered with rice paper, coated, painted, and polished to a smooth hydrodynamic finish.David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
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According to the National Weather Service, much of the East Coast is experiencing a cold start to the holiday week, with an arctic surface high moving eastward.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Furthermore, the action of the sun's radiation on these ices spurs chemical reactions that produce organic byproducts such as acetylene, ethane, propane, as well as various carbon oxides, all of which were found as ices on Chiron's surface by the JWST.Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 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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The cabinet of the Edifier is made from MDF and finished in silver and black with a removable grille.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The Russell 2000 is on pace to finish 2024 with a 10% rise .Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
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Visitors can select their pottery, design and paint in the studio and then leave the piece to be glazed and fired.Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
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For example, one of the most recent additions to his sprawling bottling plant in the state of Jalisco—where a team of 50 artisans each glaze 100 signature ceramic decanters per day five-days a week—is a box-making facility pumping out custom packaging as fast at 18,000 sheets per hour.Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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That being said, this team has faced impossible odds before.David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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What’s Next For the UFC? As contenders attempt to get into a position to challenge Weili for her title, No. 6 strawweight Mackenzie Dern faces No. 9 Amanda Ribas in the main event of UFC Vegas on January 11.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Veneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veneer. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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