variants
also canvass
as in painting
a picture created with oil paint
one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine
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Two boys tussling over a bladder in a three-foot-high canvas painted by Joseph Wright of Derby in the late 1760s snarl up in a whirlpool of pain, each twisting the other’s right ear.
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Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Mayor Dean Trantalis and Commissioner Steve Glassman behave as though Fort Lauderdale is their personal canvas for legacy-building, rather than a city facing multi‑year budget deficits, potential property tax upheaval, and residents already stretched thin.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
Original Art on Canvas Danavee Long of This Vintage Grove is always looking at the walls of antique market booths, hoping to spot original works of art on canvas.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 25 Apr. 2026
Berlin has always been a city that treats space as a blank canvas for expression.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2026
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Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Mayor Dean Trantalis and Commissioner Steve Glassman behave as though Fort Lauderdale is their personal canvas for legacy-building, rather than a city facing multi‑year budget deficits, potential property tax upheaval, and residents already stretched thin.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
Original Art on Canvas Danavee Long of This Vintage Grove is always looking at the walls of antique market booths, hoping to spot original works of art on canvas.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 25 Apr. 2026
Berlin has always been a city that treats space as a blank canvas for expression.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2026
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painting
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As the women sat on a silk fabric sofa, the wall behind them showcased a painting of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, painted by Ferdinand Richardt in 1858.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The painting, a collaboration between the Glenview Art League, residents and Chicago artist Anne Farley Gaines, depicts a bridge on the North Branch of the Chicago River and will run parallel to the river.—
Jennifer Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Canvas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvas. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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