parchment
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It also turns the leaders of the AI companies into Lewis and Clark in coonskin caps with parchment maps, bravely surveying our country that it might understand its true size.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
His pale, almost translucently white skin was stretched across the bones of his face like parchment.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Researchers believe historic parchment represents a largely unexplored source of information that could connect genetics with questions traditionally studied by historians, archaeologists, and other scholars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
I prefer parchment paper for the first layer, which allows the bread to breathe and avoids recreating the clammy condensation routine of the airport sandwich.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
A scroll of parchment unraveled from the ceiling.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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"Our work shows that we can collect samples without harming the parchments, which is a big step forward."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
There are no secret documents or Ark of the Covenant filled with parchments detailing punt returns, two-point plays or gunner lanes stored away on family property, they say.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
The jars held the first of the parchments that would come to be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. The scrolls’ discovery kicked off a search that lasted for nearly a decade.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2017
When purchased legitimately inside the Vatican, the parchments range from $8 to $40 apiece.
From US News ● Dec. 14, 2015
She put her elbows on the table, so close and so helpless that Aureliano heard the deep sound of her bones, and she became interested in the parchments.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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