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canvas

[kan-vuhs] / ˈkæn vəs /


NOUN
painting on coarse material
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Showtime’s “Twin Peaks: The Return,” which aired 18 episodes in 2017, was the most maximalist farewell imaginable, the kind of enormous canvas on which Lynch had always hoped to compose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

They merely project modern anxieties onto the canvas of an imagined ancient Rome.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

A maid of honor to the queen passes the time with canvas work.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 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

“No, no, no,” Anya muttered as she searched for an opening in the canvas.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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