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Nonfarmale’s transfer was deemed perfectly done, but discolored varnish was removed, holes and cracks were repaired, and, as is modern practice, restored areas were made congruent with the rest by delicate watercolor cross-hatching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

The researchers envision the treatment being available in two forms: a daily-use toothpaste or a professional gel applied by dentists, similar to nail varnish.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2025

“I did my best to strip the varnish away,” Sheff writes.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2025

Such resin was used as a preservative in wine and, in Egypt, as incense and as varnish on funerary equipment of the New Kingdom era.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

The varnish dripped in globs down the side.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

Existing treatments like fluoride varnishes and remineralization products can help relieve symptoms but do not actually rebuild enamel.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2025

Göransson has scored every Coogler picture since his 2009 student film “Locks,” and he never merely varnishes them with music in postproduction — he is truly Coogler’s co-author.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

MTV’s picture of the art world varnishes the sheer desperation and insecurity found at almost every level of the game.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

Insulation, varnishes, sealants, piping, pigments, fireproofing material — all contain such compounds; nearly 20% of plastic goes to the building industry.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2022

Turpentine varnishes are no longer generally used in bookbinderies; in colour printing copal and amber varnishes are used.

From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam

She rushed off to have her nails varnished at her favorite salon, which was destroyed in the mall strike but has reopened in a building nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

They were stripped of paint, polished and varnished for their second life.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

A quick way to see whether something is laminated or varnished is to tear it, she explained.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

What began as a modest exercise culminated in a convivial, jovial celebration of a man sitting at a small table, cheering while an applauding, beaming crowd varnished heaps of adoration onto him.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2022

All those shoes sliding and scraping up the floor, leaving black shoe polish across the newly varnished floor.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Ironically, the 1974 varnishing and warm wax relining had helped keep the surface paint in place when the violent ripping happened.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2022

Shipwrights and volunteers will be recorking about 4,000 linear feet of seams on deck, conducting mechanical systems maintenance, painting and varnishing.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2022

And we applaud university officials who aren’t varnishing their words.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 31, 2019

If recent biopics seem overtly invested in varnishing the character and reputation of their subjects, Judy seems to turn towards the flaws, shortcomings, and ultimate failure of its protagonist.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2019

They went on with their work of sanding or varnishing the newly finished benches, but they didn’t talk.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes