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canvas

[kan-vuhs] / ˈkæn vəs /


NOUN
painting on coarse material
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Other times the canvas can still be enormous; what’s small is the intimate story Scott chooses to tell within it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Marked by veils of heavily diluted color that are rubbed into the canvas weave to create a weightless, matte effect, its soft, evanescent surface was intended to read, Whistler said, “like breath on glass.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 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

Earlier in the evening, the venue staged its regular programme of Muay Thai bouts before staff stripped away the canvas and transformed the ring for Fury's boxing card.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Olka gestured to my grandmother, who held her paintbrush between her teeth as she scrutinized the canvas.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Breakfast burritos in L.A. are canvases for individual creative expression, innovations that graft global cuisines or basic energy bombs to fuel the day.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

And Nick Jensen’s distemper-and-oil canvases at Tara Downs feel like encountering a Degas in a dream, which begins to rapidly dissolve as we wake up.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

We packed blankets, food, canteens, fishing line, the lavender blanket Maureen took everywhere, Lori’s paper and pencils, Mom’s easel and canvases and brushes and paints.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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