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as in theatre
the public performance of plays
he has been interested in drama from the first time he ever saw a play
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as in play
a written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage
wrote a police drama that really captured the speech of cops and criminals
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Recent Examples of drama
The drama surrounding the event was already enough to set the internet ablaze.
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Snoop Dogg has shared his thoughts on the Super Bowl Halftime Show drama involving Kendrick Lamar and Lil Wayne.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Contemporary womenswear brand Self-Portrait has unveiled its Lunar New Year campaign—a cinematic series that lovingly pays homage to Hong Kong TV dramas.
—Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
But Hamaguchi is a master of the slow narrative burn, and the minor municipal drama of Evil Does Not Exist eventually reflects the discomfort of a society that feels out of balance, thanks to humanity’s encroachment on the natural world.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Snoop Dogg has shared his thoughts on the Super Bowl Halftime Show drama involving Kendrick Lamar and Lil Wayne.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Contemporary womenswear brand Self-Portrait has unveiled its Lunar New Year campaign—a cinematic series that lovingly pays homage to Hong Kong TV dramas.
—Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
But Hamaguchi is a master of the slow narrative burn, and the minor municipal drama of Evil Does Not Exist eventually reflects the discomfort of a society that feels out of balance, thanks to humanity’s encroachment on the natural world.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drama
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State of play: About two months ago, the CARE teams shifted their approach.Melissa Santos, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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The penalty set the Bears back to first-and-goal at the 6-yard line, and Swift gained 5 yards on the next play.Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2024
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Part One is in theaters now, with Part Two due Nov. 26, 2025.Latoya Gayle, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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On the second week of December, my newsletter recommended to me … four brand-new shows, three movies in theaters, two socialites, and a Charlie Brown special on Apple TV.Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2024
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In director Jamie Lloyd’s electric and minimalist Broadway update of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1990s musical based on a ‘50s movie, the former Pussycat Doll nails the comedy of a camp diva — inhabiting former ingenue Norma’s delusion and ego without ever losing sight of her sincerity.EW Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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While many shows saw their grosses fall from last week, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical had the highest gross of its run so far – a promising sign for a new musical in a tough environment – bringing in $719,680 and playing to a capacity of 83 percent.Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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An engineering team needs to leverage the right technologies and tools to automate all three stages of a machine learning system—feature generation, model training, and model serving.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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The photo was taken in Columbus, Ohio, about 48 miles east of Springfield, according to a July Reddit post. Sept. 9 and 10: The claim explodes on a national stage Vance was the first from the Republican presidential ticket to pounce.Maria Ramirez Uribe and Amy Sherman, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
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An obvious one that comes to mind is She Said, Maria Schrader’s conventional dramatization of New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor’s investigation of Harvey Weinstein.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
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But the big scene is, ultimately, just another dramatization of an interview that has been watched 4.4 million times on the BBC’s official YouTube channel and is still available to watch now.Jack King, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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They’re packed with tyramine and histamines, which interfere with melatonin production—your body’s natural sleep hormone.Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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While this may be a laughing matter for the cast and production team, a few out there are taking it rather seriously.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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The writers behind some of this year’s hottest comedy series took on Variety’s A Night in the Writers Room: Awards Season Edition to discuss the landscape of laughter on TV.Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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The singer’s 50-minute segment, A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter, streaming as of the evening of Friday, Dec. 6 contained several familiar faces, both musically and in the comedy and acting worlds.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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Here is where the films of Mike Leigh, a master of human tragedy and everyday comedy, land on a scale of tragic-comic circumstances.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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This monumental tragedy about today and tomorrow used its size and awe to burrow bold ideas into the multiplex.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Drama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drama. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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