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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
Verb
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This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
15 Sep. 2023
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Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.—
Mallory Creveling,
Health,
3 Sep. 2023
Verb
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For paving, Liu used bricks perforated with holes and filled with soil, allowing grass to sprout through the middle.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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The triangular perforated wall with its clever use of perspective serves as a seamless connection between the store’s interior and exterior by integrating the outdoor landscape with the in-store display.—
WWD,
WWD,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Led by the enigmatic Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) and accompanied by the shadowy operative Alejandro (Benicio del Toro), Kate is thrust into a brutal and morally murky world where the lines between justice and lawlessness blur.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The pair is eventually thrust into the crosshairs of the Marshalls' war on the creepers, a conflict that gives way to what is perhaps Bong's most hopeful film ending to date.—
Megan McCluskey,
TIME,
7 Mar. 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 Mar. 2025.
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