charcoal

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Recent Examples of charcoal The show also features a charcoal portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt, who in 1895 married Charles Spencer-Churchill, the ninth Duke of Marlborough, in a union that had been forced upon her by her mother. Claire Moses, New York Times, 22 May 2025 Prepare and preheat a charcoal grill for direct cooking. Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 12 May 2025 Meanwhile, the two Rodríguez charcoals were withdrawn by its collector, fearing for the works’ safety in the U.S. after the election of Donald Trump. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025 Since 2023, the government has banned commercial charcoal production in the northern region over concerns about the alarming depletion of trees there. John Okot, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for charcoal
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Noun
  • Several of the watercolors turn out to be composite images constructed in part from bits of his specimens.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • But as institutional desires changed, the resulting watercolors, drawings, and photos piled up in the family home.
    Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Instead, butter yellow nails are meant to be a vibrant pastel—creamy, opaque, and with just enough pigment not to veer too white or like a white manicure that has changed color over time.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
  • The refreshed decor is quietly luxurious, with a fresh color palette of whites and tans layered with soft blues and pastels.
    Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The floor piece is almost like making a rubbing or an etching of that part of the footprint of the museum.
    Caitlin Woolsey, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • Laser etching throughout the structure allows radar signals to pass through without compromising its heat-hiding abilities, according to SCMP.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • The custom bottle engraving is by Angel’s Envy Bourbon and it is priced at $55.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
  • Only an engraving of Equiano’s likeness printed in the frontispiece of The Interesting Narrative remains.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • In Loewe’s flagship store, in Madrid, a colorful abstract aquatint by Howard Hodgkin, more than twenty feet in length, hangs opposite the main entrance.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The aquatints are presumed to be from an original Bodmer collection.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • On the second floor of the prestigious Pace Gallery in Manhattan hung white-on-white abstract paintings and what appeared to be line drawings of rocks.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
  • With it, a user was able to interactively and in real time make line drawings on the computer’s CRT screen, using a light pen for direct input on the display.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2023

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“Charcoal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charcoal. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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