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scrim

[skrim] / skrɪm /
NOUN
backdrop
Synonyms
STRONGEST




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As if not wanting to be mistaken for any sort of Good Time, the series presents itself in a desaturated palette, through what can feel at times like a scrim of dust.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 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

Random object juxtapositions create ever-changing patterns of illumination, which reflect off an angled mirror fixed above and onto the back of the big scrim.

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

Lazlo could make out Rasalas on high, hazy in the scrim of dust-diffused firelight.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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