Ingres
Americannoun
noun
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Competitors like Ingres, Ashton-Tate, Sybase, and Informix have come and gone, but Oracle remains the leader in this business, though SAP, IBM, and Microsoft also have significant shares.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
In the third gallery, 53 pencil-only drawings from 2021 have a delicacy reminiscent of Ingres and frequently seem to give glimpses of mountain ranges and forests.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023
His love of human portraits was kindled by the French painter Ingres, whose influence became “an irrepressible force in my life,” Tunberg says.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2022
But given her obvious talents, these bodily alterations seem intentional — more like those that Neoclassical painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres would later employ for expressive purposes.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022
I have named this one Torontodalisque: Homage to Ingres, because of the pose, and the rubber plant like a fan behind her.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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