latex paint
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of latex paint
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Turzanska constructed the players’ costumes from raw linen, using slightly enlarged, period-accurate shapes combined with contemporary latex paint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Property owners can mitigate beaver damage by wrapping trees with wired fencing or coating trunks with a sand and latex paint mixture, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
With this in mind, for half of the birds, the team splattered nontoxic white latex paint on the rocks around burrows in the new location that looked like bird poop.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
Be sure to use latex paint, as oil-based will dissolve the foam.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2019
Workers peeled 17 layers of latex paint to reveal the original brick on view when Washington resigned his commission on Dec. 23, 1783.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 14, 2014
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