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canvas

[kan-vuhs] / ˈkæn vəs /


NOUN
painting on coarse material
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The grasslands and hillsides act as a vast, uncluttered canvas for their colors, which typically bloom in March and last through April.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Wilder was docked a point for pushing, and both men ended up on the canvas again in the 11th, though neither incident was ruled a knockdown.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Dick’s aim is to capture the glories of the region on canvas, but he also falls for Doris Owen, his host’s daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“Sinners” is a meditation on how the past’s crimes and terrors bleed into the present, rendered by a Black artist using a popular genre, horror, as half of his canvas.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

All along, Byrd had secrets locked away beneath her blue shirt, under her canvas hat and gloves, tucked into her cold, stone bones.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers




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