the arts
plural noun
: painting, sculpture, music, theater, literature, etc., considered as a group of activities done by people with skill and imagination
She's a patron of the arts.
He wants the government to increase its funding for the arts.
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The pair is part of a community of caregivers and their clients in Atlanta who experience the arts together as a way to manage the stress and impact of cognitive diseases.
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Monique John, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
These are the arts that meet the eye and evoke an emotion through an expression of skill and imagination.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
That was the 1960s, and Fernandes says the arts have since settled into a kind of routine that needs shaking up.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Bay Area institutions, including San Francisco Ballet, have withdrawn from Kennedy Center engagements, part of a broader exodus that has thinned programming and unsettled the arts community.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
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Monique John, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
These are the arts that meet the eye and evoke an emotion through an expression of skill and imagination.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
That was the 1960s, and Fernandes says the arts have since settled into a kind of routine that needs shaking up.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Bay Area institutions, including San Francisco Ballet, have withdrawn from Kennedy Center engagements, part of a broader exodus that has thinned programming and unsettled the arts community.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for the arts
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“The arts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20arts. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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