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canvasses

  • plural
    of canvass.
    canvass
    verb (used with object)
    to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
  • present tense form
    of canvass (3rd person singular).
    canvass
    verb (used with object)
    to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.

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Arts minister Sir Chris Bryant said Turner "reshaped British art" and was "an innovator who created some of our best known canvasses".

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025

Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Pablo Picasso all brushed their canvasses with it.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024

Candidates for both parties spent the run-up to Election Day hosting last-minute get-out-the-vote rallies and canvasses.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023

In his 2002 book “Vermeer’s Camera,” the architect Philip Steadman argued that the “perfection” of the Dutch master’s canvasses could only be attributed to the use of optical tools.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

He waved his hand significantly towards the army of canvasses ranged against the walls.

From An Engagement of Convenience A Novel by Louis Zangwill