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Recent Examples of lacquer
Popular dishes offered in the al fresco setting include the roasted fish of the day lacquered with tamarind and served with sweet potato ravioli.
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Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
The shells, lacquered in a sweet garlic glaze, shattered under our teeth.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Each use enhanced our hair’s overall shine and sleekness, lacquering our strands with a glossy top coat that lasted a day or two.
—Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
To complete the look, the founder of Rare Beauty naturally chose to lacquer her lips in a fire-engine red, the true hallmark of Gallic insouciance.
—Georgia Day, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2024
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Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
The shells, lacquered in a sweet garlic glaze, shattered under our teeth.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Each use enhanced our hair’s overall shine and sleekness, lacquering our strands with a glossy top coat that lasted a day or two.
—Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
To complete the look, the founder of Rare Beauty naturally chose to lacquer her lips in a fire-engine red, the true hallmark of Gallic insouciance.
—Georgia Day, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lacquer
Verb
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When all of the shrimp are coated, place the baking sheet into the fridge and let the shrimp chill for 15 minutes.—
Katie Workman,
Twin Cities,
3 Feb. 2025
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In some cases, products that have plastic enclosures coated with flame retardants may be able to achieve similar fire ratings by replacing the plastic with less flammable metal.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Both works underwent conservation at Harvard, with conservators Ellen Davis and Kate Smith noting that Two Human Beings had at one point been varnished, in a move inconsistent with Munch’s practice, and that Train Smoke had accumulated atmospheric grime and was in need of paint stabilization.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
6 Feb. 2025
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Red and brown cliffs, varnished by thousands of years of high-desert weather, towered on either side of me.—
Derek M. Norman,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2025
Verb
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This is evident in the modern era, where people frequently multitask during conversations, glazing at phones and responding to notifications.—
Tyler Shepherd,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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The image shows a street of apartments glazed with falling snow.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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Her makeup featured a bold brow, smokey eyes and a glossing lip.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
5 Feb. 2025
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Matthei has glossed the water problem as a shortage of political will rather than one of resources.—
Sammy Feldblum,
The Dial,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In one fell swoop, that verdict rejected decades of Madigan and his loyalists polishing the image of the once-mighty speaker as a politician above reproach, a statesman who never crossed the line, a lawyer with a personal code of conduct that kept him on the straight and narrow.—
Megan Crepeau,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Jenner’s nails were styled in a minimalist almond shape and polished in a cloudy, pink-nude manicure.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Lacquer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacquer. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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