acrylic
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It is hard to get dressed without encountering oil-based products, which are woven into modern clothing in the form of polyester, nylon, acrylic and other synthetic fibers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
She started at cosmetology school, but didn’t finish because the fumes from acrylic nails sent her to the hospital, she said.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025
A thousand small cylindrical acrylic mirrors planted in the sand compose a Morse code poem imagining a dialogue between Tangun, the legendary founder of the first Korean kingdom, and an Egyptian pharaoh.
From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025
Corse devoted much of her life to her “White Light” series, which involves layering tiny glass beads — called microspheres — over white acrylic paint for a constantly shifting, reflective effect.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2025
Her mother’s hand is wrapped around her shoulder, and her father is pointing at her acrylic painting—an image of a house on a lake, with several geese dipping their toes into the water.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Vocabulary lists containing acrylic
Visual Arts - Introductory
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Visual Arts - High School
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Art History
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