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Like the large so-called moon jar that opens the exhibition, these capacious bowls glazed in eggshell white flaunt their foibles with wobbling edges that give character to otherwise pure forms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

From 1933 onward, more people may have acted out of opportunism, to secure jobs or otherwise benefit from the Nazi hierarchy.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

It’s that rarest of investigative-journalism properties: a consistently profitable enterprise that commands the levels of advertising expenditures that have otherwise plunged across traditional TV and informational media writ large.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

This is what some of Friday’s release is made of — all the trimmings, tidbits and overstock that would otherwise end up in landfills or on the factory floor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

I was watching Aunt Kitty stitch brown and blue pheasant feathers to an otherwise respectable black-velvet bonnet.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan