scrim

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When the scrim is illuminated, the golden notes appear to be suspended like stars in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

The show, which opens Sunday, features a scrim that has been hand-painted with the notes of Mozart’s “Phantasie für eine Orgelwalze.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

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

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

Sherpas remain an enigma to most foreigners, who tend to regard them through a romantic scrim.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer