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Recent Examples of callback
The filmmakers were impressed with the callbacks to the film, and how certain elements were incorporated into the series.
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
And similar to how Agatha All Along’s send-up of Mare of Easttown was a callback to WandaVision’s sitcom spoofs, the Witches’ Road felt like the show’s biggest way of emphasizing the power of practical effects.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
Okay, some of that was definitely about the raging diarrhea his SLS gave her (many thanks for the SLS callback in this episode, by the way), but the rest of it was the jealousy and fear that her best friend would abandon her.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
Even the documentary’s name is a callback, an echo designed to reiterate that we might be done with the past, but the past is never done with us.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
And similar to how Agatha All Along’s send-up of Mare of Easttown was a callback to WandaVision’s sitcom spoofs, the Witches’ Road felt like the show’s biggest way of emphasizing the power of practical effects.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
Okay, some of that was definitely about the raging diarrhea his SLS gave her (many thanks for the SLS callback in this episode, by the way), but the rest of it was the jealousy and fear that her best friend would abandon her.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
Even the documentary’s name is a callback, an echo designed to reiterate that we might be done with the past, but the past is never done with us.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for callback
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Advertisement Harbaugh, so moved by Herbert’s simple message, jotted it down to repeat later.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Hip-hop was founded in the beginning as a means of spreading messages through communities.Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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His voicemail and other material from inside Endo, including emails, became public court records in lawsuits filed against the company.Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2024
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Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at LifeKit@npr.org.Malaka Gharib, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
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In August, a rare conference call between Baker; Marc Metrick, CEO of Saks Global, and Jennifer Bewley, chief financial officer of HBC, provided updates to Saks and Saks Off 5th vendors.David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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Barra didn’t say exactly how many Cruise employees would be moved over to GM during the conference call.Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Callback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callback. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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