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scrim

[skrim] / skrɪm /
NOUN
backdrop
Synonyms
STRONGEST




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When the scrim is illuminated, the golden notes appear to be suspended like stars in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2026

Scene 2, a scrim projection informs us, takes place eight years later, moving us back into the time frame of the original libretto.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

A fabric scrim is stretched across nearly the entire width of a large, darkened gallery, and it reaches almost from the floor to the high ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2024

Then Lee Greenwood live-performed Trump’s longtime walk-on music, “God Bless the U.S.A.,” while a scrim slowly rose to reveal an shadowed Trump on the stage, with his name written behind him.

From Slate Aug. 23, 2024

Sketched upon the pall of soot downstream the outline of a burnt city like a black paper scrim.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy




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