Example Sentences

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Its photocopiers didn’t need awkward stencils to serve as the master copy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

Stewart offers several stencils and designs — 41 to be exact! — to help you decorate your porch pumpkins like a pro.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025

On Friday, Musk shared two side-by-side A.I.-generated images of graffiti-style stencils: a smiling, handsome Kirk, and a cowering, dying Zarutska.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

A few gorgeous floral stencils, small sculptures and a stained glass window remain from Lloyd’s work in the auditorium of the former South Pasadena elementary school, which closed to students in 1979.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

Jamie is with her, too, and—surprise—she has almost the exact same bike, only hers is pale yellow and the stencils are paisley.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina