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artful

[ahrt-fuhl] / ˈɑrt fəl /


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We’re still picnicking under piñatas, and some of us still gather at newsstands to flip through artful magazines and meet like-minded strangers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Wouldn’t it be like this subtly sly author if the announcement turned out to be a narrative conceit—one last artful trick to cheat the end from arriving?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Allen says some of the details have been exaggerated, but her pain is tangible amongst the artful pop beats and faux insouciance.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Frank Gehry, who died Friday at 96, challenged the notion that buildings needed to behave themselves — creating artful, strange, kinetic combinations of structure, material, form and light, and transforming cities in the process.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

He was an artful child in many ways, and more than a match for us.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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