acrylic

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Recent Examples of acrylic A lot of aquarium stands have an open top and do not require a leveling mat but do require extra support for acrylic aquariums. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 June 2025 The compact Compass is available in sleek black or silver finishes and comes with a detachable acrylic lid to keep dust off your records. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 Unlike acrylic nails, soft gels are free of plastic, resins, and polymers. Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 26 May 2025 In one corner, a dozen New Yorker magazines are fanned across a transparent acrylic table. Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for acrylic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acrylic
Noun
  • The artwork was made with acrylic paint, watercolor and marker on canvas.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2025
  • Take craft inspiration from social media, where people are sharing all their summer projects, ranging from embroidery and watercolor to DIY jewelry and bag charms.
    Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The images were created using a collage technique, combining gouache and acrylic paint on vintage gardening book paper, then arranged on archival cotton board.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
  • One of them was watercolor and one of them was done with opaque gouache — The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, all of these are gouaches.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • The great debate that has already raged for centuries and surely will for centuries more: do pastel colours belong on a football shirt?
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • While summer typically calls for vibrant colors, this season there’s a fresh emphasis on powder pastels and zesty hues.
    Victoria Montalti, Refinery29, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The lithograph diptych is by America Martin and was also sourced through 1stDibs.
    Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The diptych begins with an artist onstage for a public conversation, then floats in and out of internal monologues and exchanges between the artist and his censor.
    Philip Tinari, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025

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“Acrylic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrylic. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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