scrim
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Scene 2, a scrim projection informs us, takes place eight years later, moving us back into the time frame of the original libretto.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
His protection was a thin scrim of hotel security and rent-a-cops hired for crowd control.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025
Then Lee Greenwood live-performed Trump’s longtime walk-on music, “God Bless the U.S.A.,” while a scrim slowly rose to reveal an shadowed Trump on the stage, with his name written behind him.
From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024
A massive advertising scrim, the curtain served as a historical piece, showcasing Japanese American businesses that were in Seattle in the early 1900s.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
She’d said nothing to him about the abortion, and it sat between them like a scrim, blurring everything.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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