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crayon

[kray-on, -uhn] / ˈkreɪ ɒn, -ən /
NOUN
chalk
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
Crayola™ colored wax


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Violet, named for the color of identifying crayon scrawled on her brow, is one of 250 to 500 patients the Marine Mammal Care Center rescues along the Los Angeles County coast every year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

If you have ever used a "magic eraser" sponge to scrub away scuffs on white shoes or crayon marks on a wall, you have seen how powerful these cleaners can be.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026

As seen in the exhibition, his Conté crayon drawings from these months informed his paintings, which pointedly eschewed any hint of the picturesque and also of Impressionist painting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

“You are smart and kind,” she wrote in pencil, the handwriting surrounded by crayon hearts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

A tall boy with wavy hair is facing a short girl, black crayon labeling them as Will and Stella.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Similarly, many school supplies are produced overseas, like pencils and crayons, which are predominantly imported from Brazil, China, Mexico and India.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Even as a child colouring with the crayons she loved, she seemed to be doing the wrong thing.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

In other rooms, colleagues arranged pencil sharpeners, water bottles and crayons in patterns, recording with depth-sensor cameras.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

At one meeting, he said, a facilitator handed out crayons and asked participants to draw in their favorite colors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

The family was asked to provide drawing paper and crayons.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Many families hung banners with crayoned, or painted, rainbows, with a hashtag mantra: “Tutto andra’ bene,” or everything will turn out OK.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2020

Taped to another wall are coloring book tear-outs of Odums’ drawings, crayoned in by young children who come here for art instruction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2020

In the 50th minute, as the crayoned cheeks began to run, Swiss forward Steven Zuber snapped a header to level the game at 1.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2018

A brightly crayoned Pollock's toy theatre pops up in its place, its flat proscenium arch festooned with pictures of the Cheshire Cat and Captain Hook.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2013

On the glass that covered it, some mysterious unknown person had crayoned a mustache right above my toothless grin.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

Lately, those maps have come to resemble abstract art, or just crayoning gone wild.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

Kraemer seemed to pause only once, when he beamed at an embassy employee crayoning the red-and-white flag onto cheeks all shapes and colors.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2018

Their bags were stuffed with nappies and milk for Riad, who is busily crayoning and crawling under the table while they talk.

From The Guardian ● May 25, 2016

After crayoning the wax onto your board you clip the paper to the iron so it's between the iron plate and your base.

From Time Magazine Archive

Because, with Maniac around, Hester and Lester lost their interest in crayoning everything in sight.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli


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