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art

Definition for art

noun as in skill, creativity

noun as in cunning

noun as in creation meant to communicate or appeal to senses or mind

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For Mr. Lopatin, associations of timbre with history and memory are the essence of his art.

Whenever I forget to take the chicken out of the freezer, she lectures me—and then proceeds to prosecute me for forgetting to turn in my language arts essay.

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He visited every bookshop that carried melancholy German poetry in translation, and every art gallery that showed sentimental watercolors of mountain lakes and alpine meadows.

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A work of art reveals more than it intends.

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“Which would mean that you had some art supplies at hand, I suppose?”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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