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acrylic

[uh-kril-ik] / əˈkrɪl ɪk /


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An acrylic DVF wrap dress might have been priced around $84 in 1975, per the Vintage Fashion Guild.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

The Nokia 2210, an acrylic on canvas, depicts the comedian's favourite-ever phone, and features a message saying, Snobs?, referring to a legendary city nightspot.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Rahele Jomepour Bell’s deft use of acrylic paint and soft pastels evokes a world of hazy tranquility, a palette of greens, golds and oranges imbuing each page with a palpable warmth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The tweens came down from Napa, Calif., to showcase their acrylic comic-strip painting featuring Mexican soccer player Alexis Vega, who channels his Mesoamerican ancestors when scoring the victory goal.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

She taps on my window with the hard acrylic nail of her index finger.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Participants are provided with an art pack full of supplies like acrylics, pencils, watercolours and pastels with the condition that they create up to four pieces of artwork.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

His depictions of familiar images, often made in a palette of bright acrylics, earned him the mantle of one of the fathers of British pop art.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

The basic materials -- usually epoxies or acrylics -- come mostly from petrochemical feedstocks.

From Science Daily May 15, 2024

But also missing is an example of the bright, abstract acrylics Sam Gilliam saturated into expanses of cotton duck or linen, which he gathered and draped from the ceiling and across the wall.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2023

He paints very swiftly, in violent eye-burning acrylics, reds and pinks and purples, in frenzied loops and swirls.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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