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scrim

[skrim] / skrɪm /
NOUN
backdrop
Synonyms
STRONGEST




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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

His protection was a thin scrim of hotel security and rent-a-cops hired for crowd control.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2025

The audience could see me through the scrim, but they couldn’t hear us.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2024

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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