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Recent Examples of panoptic
Through Khaled’s oddly paralyzed exile, Matar offers a beautifully panoptic portrait of London as the city of literary exile and emigration par excellence, a place where the Arab intelligentsia came in the seventies and eighties and after.
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James Wood, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Cheeky or humble, a name like Tiny Universe belies the wide cosmology above Karl Denson, a panoptic saxophonist and bandleader at home in any constellation of the blues – whether abreast of Lenny Kravitz and The Rolling Stones, or as helmsman of his own vessel.
—Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2022
There the internet became mandatory and panoptic.
—1843, 19 June 2020
Visitors to this point of gathering and reflection would have panoptic views of the city, with Dealey Plaza and the downtown skyline in one direction and the future Trinity park in the other.
—Mark Lamster, Reimagining Dealey: We asked a team of leading designers to redesign one of Dallas' most significant spaces, 20 Oct. 2022
The panoptic awareness created by virality is an Eye of Sauron, a lidless and unceasing glare that will follow you to the ends of the earth.
—WIRED, 1 Dec. 2022
This was hardly the first significant English poetry anthology, but Quiller-Couch’s attempt to go panoptic, to view with clarity two-thirds of a millennium of verse, pointed to something new.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
Browne studies how surveillance technologies have objectified, categorized, and repressed black people, from the panoptic slave ships of the Middle Passage to modern policing tools deployed against protesters.
—Sidney Fussell, Wired, 19 June 2020
The pressures of anchoring a hit show compelled McGoohan to conjure a panoptic resort/prison for priceless intelligence assets called The Village, and cult history was made.
—Scott Thill, WIRED, 24 July 2009
James Wood, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Cheeky or humble, a name like Tiny Universe belies the wide cosmology above Karl Denson, a panoptic saxophonist and bandleader at home in any constellation of the blues – whether abreast of Lenny Kravitz and The Rolling Stones, or as helmsman of his own vessel.
—Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2022
There the internet became mandatory and panoptic.
—1843, 19 June 2020
Visitors to this point of gathering and reflection would have panoptic views of the city, with Dealey Plaza and the downtown skyline in one direction and the future Trinity park in the other.
—Mark Lamster, Reimagining Dealey: We asked a team of leading designers to redesign one of Dallas' most significant spaces, 20 Oct. 2022
The panoptic awareness created by virality is an Eye of Sauron, a lidless and unceasing glare that will follow you to the ends of the earth.
—WIRED, 1 Dec. 2022
This was hardly the first significant English poetry anthology, but Quiller-Couch’s attempt to go panoptic, to view with clarity two-thirds of a millennium of verse, pointed to something new.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
Browne studies how surveillance technologies have objectified, categorized, and repressed black people, from the panoptic slave ships of the Middle Passage to modern policing tools deployed against protesters.
—Sidney Fussell, Wired, 19 June 2020
The pressures of anchoring a hit show compelled McGoohan to conjure a panoptic resort/prison for priceless intelligence assets called The Village, and cult history was made.
—Scott Thill, WIRED, 24 July 2009
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panoptic
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The Saturn Return framework was a comforting thought: that there was some sort of cosmic force supporting the emerging self, on a timeline that matched my own life’s more closely.Rebekah Pahl, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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As another important manner of cosmic evolution, merging galaxies may create an irregular galaxy — resulting in an amorphous shape full of gas and dust — or a ring galaxy — where material is pushed outwards, surrounding a dense core of older stars.Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of costumes are kept in a vast warehouse in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
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But Berg’s true-to-history herringbone blazer and black mock-neck shirt also depicts the vast polarization between the ideals, values, and motivations of Berg and The Order, which brutally murdered the DJ in 1984.Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Crane hired Brown, in part, for his extensive experience in player evaluation.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Landau, whose father was a longtime U.S. diplomat with extensive Latin American experience, was well-received in Mexico as a serious interlocutor, even amid tensions over Trump’s policies toward the country.Brett Samuels, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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Does the judge's ruling have wider implications for the case against Trump and 18 others?Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Now, 10-year U.S. Treasuries pay more than double the yield of their Chinese equivalent, after reaching their widest discount in more than two decades.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 13 Dec. 2024
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For example, Gemini (formerly Bard) can analyze large amounts of financial data, generate reports, make forecasts and provide tailored recommendations.Anisha Sircar, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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His advisers are reportedly coming up with proposals to end the war that would result in Ukraine ceding large amounts of territory and putting the pursuit of NATO membership on hold, according to Reuters.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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The loss of pollinators like the monarch could have far-reaching consequences for ecosystems and the people who rely on them.Alexandra Banner, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Without strategically connecting local resources and developing a robust, shared platform, there’s no far-reaching, lasting economic growth.Kathleen Gallagher, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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Some of the book’s sweeping claims seem not entirely justified by the evidence.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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The resolution of Smirnov's case also clears the way for Weiss to formally wrap up his yearslong investigation that resulted in two separate felony convictions of Hunter Biden, which were tossed last week after the president issued a sweeping pardon of his son.Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Throughout his wide-ranging interview, John talked about myriad aspects of his life, including his faith, sobriety and relationship with his late mother.Stephen Daw, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
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The star, who suffered a horrific snowplow accident on New Year’s Day nearly two years ago that shattered 38 bones, discussed his career and more in a wide-ranging on-stage appearance at Culture Square in the second-largest Saudi city’s old town Al-Balad.Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Panoptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panoptic. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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