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

She placed stencils of the tattoo on Althouse’s arm before they got started that morning, tweaking the tattoo size and its placement.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 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

They have also declined to comment about the possible meaning behind the series of stencils in London.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024

She’s on a hot-pink Electra with brightly colored stencils on the fenders that remind me of one of the modern art paintings we saw on our class trip to the Norton Museum last year.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina