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paints

  • plural
    of paint.
    paint
    noun
    a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
  • present tense form
    of paint (3rd person singular).
    paint
    noun
    a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.

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Does “Don’t Say Good Luck” skirt around the grim realities of cancer as cavalierly as it paints a Pinterest mood-board vision of high school?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Dmitry Muratov paints a bleak picture of life in Russia for critics of the authorities.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

“The estate feels very strongly that the evidence paints a different picture,” said Julie Lavoie, a lawyer for the estate who took the case to the Connecticut Supreme Court.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Overall, the pattern of responses from advisers paints a picture of frothy optimism at a high level, coupled with a fundamental concern about the implications of policy on financial security.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

He paints during the day; at night he draws a series of thirty heads, up close.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman