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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

Bean’s “Boat and Tote” canvas bag, and Pidgeon carries it in the show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The fight continued and Wilder pushed Chisora over in the fifth before landing after the bell in the sixth, while both men tumbled to the canvas more than once.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 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

Grab my swim trunks and a magazine from my room, stuff everything into a canvas bag, and head out the door.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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