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  • noun Plural form of airbrush.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airbrush.

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Examples

  • He conveniently airbrushes out of the picture the Republican president -- George H.W. Bush -- who did the most to reduce the budget deficit.

    Mitch Daniels's memory lapse on the budget surplus 2011

  • There are home airbrushes for flawless make-up (Luminess Air, £179, luminessair. co.uk); pore cleansers (Clarisonic Plus, £175, harrods. com and Bliss Pore-fector, £125, 020 7590 6146) and hair-removal systems (Philips Lumea, £399.99, amazon. co.uk) so that you can laser your legs in front of the television.

    The beauty bible Eva Wiseman 2010

  • When you are focused on your vision, it represents just a medium and while you are digi-painting directly on the screen with electronic brushes or airbrushes, you are using your mind, your experience, the teachings of your school ... so the digital medium becomes indeed a cyber-extension of your fantasy.

    MIND MELD: Art in a Digital World 2008

  • So it has plenty to say about how cheap imports provide consumers lower prices, but blithely airbrushes out of the picture the way imports deplete our industrial base.

    Ian Fletcher: Economics vs. Fakeonomics 2010

  • God forbid they get a hold of the pro's tools, like airbrushes and plastic flotsam.

    The University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt 2010

  • And that Luke/Acts airbrushes out all mention of Jesus having a brother called James for entirely innocent reasons....

    Early Converted Skeptics? James F. McGrath 2009

  • As that idea cannot even be entertained as a topic for discussion, there will be a total silence when faced with the question of why Luke/Acts airbrushes out of history the idea that Jesus had a brother called James.

    Early Converted Skeptics? James F. McGrath 2009

  • Historicists cannot say why Luke airbrushes out the idea that the James the church leader was the James the brother of Jesus according to Mark's Gospel.

    Early Converted Skeptics? James F. McGrath 2009

  • We are at the center of all the attention, but there is a thinness to things, a smoothness, a muffled quality -- it's all insulational, as if the deities of Dreamworks were laboring invisibly around us, touching up the canvas of reality with digital airbrushes.

    Carter Phipps: The Good, the Bad, & the Mediated 2009

  • No, Mike Koke hasn't answered the question nor did he attempt to explain why Luke/Acts airbrushes out all reference to Jesus having a brother called James

    Early Converted Skeptics? James F. McGrath 2009

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