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canvas

[kan-vuhs] / ˈkæn vəs /


NOUN
painting on coarse material
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But in a stunning reversal, it took just 17 seconds for Wardley to hit the canvas as Dubois backed him into a corner and landed a straight right.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Dubois registers a second successive stoppage victory over Wardley, just five months after climbing off the canvas twice to dethrone his British rival in a thrilling 11-round contest in Manchester.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The frame of "Young Woman at the Well" was slightly damaged, while "the canvas of 'Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano' had a tear," Bessone said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Levine started by poring over the canvas in granular detail, particularly what he could see of the signature: J. Schul.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

I was worried about my sketch pad getting wet through the canvas backpack.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

While Herman was once known only for his massive canvases, today he has learned to appreciate the diminutive in his life and his work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The lawsuit also accuses two men in Peru of painting fakes bearing Warhol’s signature and shipping canvases resembling Warhol’s 1983 portfolio of endangered species to Roberts’s gallery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Although his canvases typically sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, when he completed a large mural for the Palestinian Museum, his requested fee was only a fig tree to be planted in the garden.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Early in 2024, taggers began turning Oceanwide Plaza’s skyscrapers into canvases for graffiti.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Vincent had six canvases in the show, one of which sold for four hundred francs.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman


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