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Recent Examples of plaster
Evan Nicole Brown, ARTnews.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Introduce concrete planters, sleek metal shelving, or textured plaster walls paired with warm wood and soft textiles for balance.
—Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025
Kale Williams, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
The Parental Advisory sticker plastered onto the video is edited to have a timestamp of 9:30 at the top, indicating when the music was set to drop.
—Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The exhibition opens with a collaboration between sculptor Karon Davis and painter Henry Taylor, who contributed a sculpture of Carver in Davis’s signature white plaster standing next to a Taylor-esque scientific painting of a collard green plant, ‘Call Her Green’ Plant (2024).
—Evan Nicole Brown, ARTnews.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Introduce concrete planters, sleek metal shelving, or textured plaster walls paired with warm wood and soft textiles for balance.
—Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
Head downtown around dusk and the crows are hard to miss — roosting in trees, squawking to each other and plastering the sidewalk with their droppings, but not if Draco has anything to do with it.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
The Parental Advisory sticker plastered onto the video is edited to have a timestamp of 9:30 at the top, indicating when the music was set to drop.
—Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaster
Noun
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Avocado and corn give it plenty of substance, and the homemade dressing is an impressive and delicious addition. Get the full recipe.—
Nick Siano,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Jan. 2025
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Black pepper: Adds that quintessential fleck and kick of heat that Ceasar dressing has.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2025
Verb
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But so was the dialogue, and this is where Cerda really nails it.—
Nina Metz,
chicagotribune.com,
20 June 2017
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Marist coach Colleen Biebel also sent Garofalo, who was nailed at home on a perfect relay throw from Barrington shortstop Julia Kozar.—
Tony Baranek,
Daily Southtown,
10 June 2017
Verb
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Friday’s attack comes just days after red swastikas were daubed on two synagogues in the Sydney suburbs of Allawah and Newtown.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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The burial ground and temple were unearthed when someone tried to build a drainage channel for a modern house; to prevent the dampness of visitors’ breath from damaging the extraordinary artworks daubed on the walls, entry is limited to 80 people per day.—
Tanvi Chheda,
AFAR Media,
17 Jan. 2025
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When Eberechi Eze’s free kick was whipped into the penalty area, Lacroix was stronger in the air than Leny Yoro, before his header cannoned off Onana’s crossbar.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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The last of them came on Saturday, a storybook goal that involved slaloming between three defenders and then cannoning a fierce, rising shot past three more, as well as the goalkeeper.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2023
Noun
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Like our favorite eye creams, many of these top picks are spiked with skin-loving ingredients such as glycerin, cica, arnica, and licorice root extract to boost hydration and promote even skin tone.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
30 Jan. 2025
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The treat is then topped with vanilla cream and more chocolate cookie pieces.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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But a toasted slice of hyssop focaccia smeared with more of that eerily-convincing not-ricotta and hot honey was chewy and airy, just like a good focaccia should be.—
Carina Finn,
Bon Appétit,
30 Jan. 2025
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The authorities have detained sports fans for smearing Chinese athletes, apprehended people who swarmed airports to greet celebrities, and suspended K-pop fan accounts.—
Mara Hvistendahl,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Since the Club’s December Monthly Meeting, Wall Street has been barraged by headlines that sent equities seesawing down and then up.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
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Angelenos have spent the past week under a haze of smoke, barraged by evacuation warnings, many of them searching for a place to stay after fleeing their homes.—
Kellen Browning,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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What to do: Gently scrub a granite countertop with a poultice and a soft cloth to eliminate lingering stains.—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2025
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In 1260, Vincent of Beauvais gave instructions to travelers to use poultices (a dressing for wounds) made of oil, plants and quicksilver (mercury) to prevent and manage blisters — an all too frequent ailment experienced by pilgrims walking long distances.—
Megan Cassidy-Welch,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Plaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaster. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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