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Recent Examples of quill
Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.
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Lily Katzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020
For six weeks last summer the DC-8 and a pair of Twin Otters similarly quilled with atmospheric-sampling instruments flew through more than 100 different columns.
—Kyle Dickman, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020
While pens, pencils, and quills still work magic on a piece of paper, writing utensils for your bullet journal can be a pain to carry around.
—Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 31 Jan. 2020
Visitors can browse through more than 2,000 displays in other media, including decorative gourds, metal, wood, glass, jewelry, quilled greeting cards, handmade clothing and accessories.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2019
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Lily Katzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020
For six weeks last summer the DC-8 and a pair of Twin Otters similarly quilled with atmospheric-sampling instruments flew through more than 100 different columns.
—Kyle Dickman, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020
While pens, pencils, and quills still work magic on a piece of paper, writing utensils for your bullet journal can be a pain to carry around.
—Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 31 Jan. 2020
Visitors can browse through more than 2,000 displays in other media, including decorative gourds, metal, wood, glass, jewelry, quilled greeting cards, handmade clothing and accessories.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quill
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And then also reducing the amount of surface coverage on the band itself by also removing and perforating.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
6 Dec. 2024
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Both Lowe's and HGTV recommend a scoring tool or sandpaper to perforate the paper slightly so the water solution has easier access to the adhesive.—
Anna Kaufman,
The Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2024
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The House has been thrust into a political quarrel after voters elected 67 Democrats and 67 Republicans in November.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
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The raging wildfires in L.A. County have thrust California's insurance industry back into the spotlight.—
Ben Berkowitz,
Axios,
14 Jan. 2025
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There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.—
Paula Schleis,
cincinnati.com,
2 May 2020
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And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted.—
Erik Heinrich,
BostonGlobe.com,
16 May 2018
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“Quill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quill. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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