mural

noun

Definition of muralnext
as in painting
a usually large painting that is done directly on the surface of a wall

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Recent Examples of mural Below the billboard is a mural of Gwynn painted one wall of the Bottle Rocket Bar & Grill building. — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025 While not everyone has artistic skills to paint a mural, there are many ways to support your local shelter without donating money. — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025 But on the other: a light blue mural depicting dozens of Missouri birds covers the walls. — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2025 The mural is inside Blanco Cocina + Cantina in downtown Phoenix. — Jeremy Duda, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mural
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  1. painting
  2. canvass
  3. fresco
  4. canvas
  5. panorama
  6. oil
Noun
  • Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery The Porch of Shadows, a painting by Cathleen Clarke, whose work was on view in February at Night Gallery, in Los Angeles.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Mar. 2025
  • These large-scale paintings best reflect Singh’s unforgettable visual language—layered, text-rich, and deeply narrative.
    — Nargess Banks, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of painting
Noun
  • The decline comes as Democrats’ ideological wings fight over the best tactics to counter Trump, which, combined with raw political ambition, makes the emerging Democratic 2028 field a wide-open electoral canvass.
    — David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
  • That margin was extended to 61 votes after the county canvass, which included a re-tabulation of absentee ballots in Battle Creek.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of canvass
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  • Unfortunately, the building also needs to undergo seismic retrofitting, so until that’s completed, the frescoes must remain beneath the paint that has kept them hidden for nearly a century.
    — The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Mosaics, icons and wall frescoes were recovered after being stolen from churches north of the island.
    — Ashley J. DiMella Fox News, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of fresco
Noun
  • While 117 square feet of interior space is teensy, the interior is a blank canvas just begging for your creativity.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The third-floor loft is yet another canvas for Longshore’s creativity, with every inch hand-painted in her signature style.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of canvas
Noun
  • Tennis courts, bocce courts, miniature golf, yoga classes and additional activities are arriving on the rooftop, where the mix of physical activity and breathtaking panoramas will prove a perk irresistible to renters.
    — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Behind them unfurled a panorama of devastation from the Palisades fire a month earlier.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of panorama
Noun
  • Since solar and wind energy now cost less than oil and gas, some Democrats think the way to beat Big Oil is by building better, faster, cheaper alternatives, which just happen to be cleaner and stronger.
    — Bill Weir, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Since these materials are foundational to the construction and maintenance of oil and gas and infrastructure assets, their escalating costs directly inflate the value required to replicate existing infrastructure.
    — Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of oil

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