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

VOA: special.2009.09.02

This becomes a sheet of paper. Large machines started to be used for making paper near the end of the sixteenth century.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

It was very popular. The composer earned a good living from the sales of the sheet music.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

Over the years, the group has made stoves using mud,bricks,sheet metal,clay, ceramics and old oil drums.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

The flood damaged the building and destroyed instruments,costumes, sheet music and audio tapes.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

One part is made of a sheet of metal painted black.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

This becomes a sheet of paper.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

"This experience teaches me how to,more or less,teach teenagers, how to say 'OK, we're having a problem with this section, let's clap it,let's sing it.'" The orchestra performs for free but receives donations that help pay for necessities like sheet music.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

The Gulf oil spill has also hit BP's balance sheet and the company announced it will sell during the next 18 months.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

But a good chunk of it is swampland. The famous Everglades, a slow-moving sheet of water full of plants and alligators, cover much of the southern part of the state.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

"It is kind of hard to believe sometimes when I look at his work to realize that one sheet of paper goes into each of the animals with all of the complexities."

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

No,it's not going to be that. But it does need to basically provide the common talking points so that allied leaders, allied presidents and prime ministers, have on one sheet of paper,one page, a set of common talking points that they can speak from to their people to explain why the alliance matters.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11