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Recent Examples of purple passage
Writers inevitably fall in love with their more purple passages.
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Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purple passage
Noun
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Exploring the genre of inaugural addresses through quotations and objects from the past can help listeners better understand the opening speech of a new administration, the first act in a job that began with the taking of the oath.—
Claire Jerry,
The Conversation,
14 Jan. 2025
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Despite the patchwork libretto, Handel ingeniously parlayed Jennens’ quotations and paraphrases from the Old and New testaments into unexpected evocations of wonder and awe.—
Bob Blaisdell,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Despite the widely differing contexts of these conflicts, belligerents in all of them have used strategic bombing for a similar purpose: to destroy morale and incapacitate an adversary’s ability to wage war.—
Raphael S. Cohen,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Feb. 2025
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This post was updated at 9:20 a.m. to add some more context to the benchmarking results.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The citation could cost you at least $200, according to city hall.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2025
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The findings stem from Tesla’s failure to provide employees working outdoors with adequate cooldown breaks in shaded areas, according to a citation issued by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA, in December.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Rare is it that a haphazard, five-word backstage sound bite by a key makeup artist can capture the prevailing beauty spirit of New York Fashion Week’s six-day affair.—
James Manso,
WWD,
18 Feb. 2025
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The pressure to get ahead of other networks—via more updates, more sound bites, more footage, more everything—takes over.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Purple passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple%20passage. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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