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scrim

[skrim] / skrɪm /
NOUN
backdrop
Synonyms
STRONGEST




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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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

A scrim will cover the huge window itself so that no one outside can peer in to see who’s bidding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

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

She’d said nothing to him about the abortion, and it sat between them like a scrim, blurring everything.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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