A stencil is a thin sheet of metal or plastic out of which a design has been cut.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Among the most striking of the architectural drawings on display is the study for the plan of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini (1559-60), a sheet in which one can read the layers of overdrawing and erasure through which Michelangelo refined his design, transforming the sheet into a palimpsest of rejected ideas.

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The VT50 series continues the design evolution as seen in last year's VT30 series with a stunning one sheet of glass design.

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If Andersen is found actually to have advised on the design of Enron's off-balance-sheet vehicles, as the company implies, it will find it hard to plead ignorance over their construction.

ECONOMIST: ��Errors of judgment�� are piling up at Andersen