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canvas

[kan-vuhs] / ˈkæn vəs /


NOUN
painting on coarse material
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Most enigmatic, perhaps, are large, two-sided, abstract drawings from the 1970s, both used in transferring images to canvas and ends in themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Figma aims to bring new capabilities to the platform “and become the canvas for full-stack creation,” Melwani told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

The Briton regrouped in the second round to land a flurry of hard right hands, sending Prenga crashing to the canvas and getting the win he came to Jeddah for.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

It’s also mild in flavor, making it an exceptional canvas for seasoning and aromatics.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

“You need some people in there,” I told him, pointing at the canvas.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

The artist’s long career swept in artworks made not only on cameras and canvases, but on such things as fax machines and photocopiers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Displayed in Parker’s waiting room and meant to advertise his skills, these canvases surprisingly bear their sitters’ names, giving specificity to the often-anonymous figures of Export painting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Early in 2024, taggers began turning its skyscrapers into canvases for graffiti.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

There have been dozens of painters—albeit fewer and fewer now that the favored mode of contemporary art is no longer painting—who took Hofmann’s canvases and philosophy as veritable instruction manuals.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

She looked at the paintings in Auntie Seema's apartment, canvases of all sizes leaning against the walls.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi




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