contour
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During that time, people from every corner of the world online seemed to take every opportunity to scrutinize every contour of her frail frame.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Yes, the contour palette is back, though Patrick says “no-makeup makeup” is still very much here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
Sometimes they are used to contour or shape the nose or lips.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
Sometimes, Goode included a contour drawing of the bottle behind it on the canvas, suggesting that one is the projection of the other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
A majority of art is initially conceived in terms of contour line.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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Which may well be why so many musical instruments so often mirror the curves, contours and parts of the human body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
For the new research, the team built a collection of silly sprinklers with different contours.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
The contours of Pride appear in my mind whenever I’m watching a movie that I feel speaks to my own uniquely homosexual sensibilities, which frequently change.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
To define the contours of that right, courts will look to history and tradition, just as Justice Samuel Alito did in Dobbs.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
Idly looking beyond the fire, he resettled the scattered rocks from their fiat shadows into daylight contours.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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Baidoo suggests a more supportive flip-flop, such as a FitFlop, which is sturdier and contoured - a world away from the flat and thin flip-flops that have been cut from a big sheet of foam.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
A towering performance that is also impressively contoured, Lithgow’s portrayal of dyspeptic British author Roald Dahl infuses Mark Rosenblatt’s drama with chilling mystery.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Boone’s design, patented in 1892, was narrow and curved, rather than wide and flat, allowing garments to be slipped over the board, and making it far easier to iron sleeves and contoured bodices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
The quoted language is aimed at the Supreme Court’s requirement that restrictions on speech to protect judicial proceedings be contoured no more broadly than required to meet the threat.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2023
As the first-stage fuel tanks emptied, the G forces increased and pushed us back into our contoured seats at five times our normal weight.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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Selfies were becoming more prevalent as social media grew, and standards of beauty hewed close to celebrity Kim Kardashian’s looks, especially in regards to eye makeup and products used for face contouring.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026
There are several kinds of procedures to remove loose skin, collectively known as body contouring, but they are rarely available on the NHS and only if patients meet specific criteria.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
Da’Vine Joy Randolph has been another red-carpet favorite with body contouring dresses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
The procedure became one of the most popular options in the body contouring industry.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2023
Now she brought out fake eyelashes, green shadow, black liner, base, contouring brushes, eyebrow pencil, coral gloss.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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