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Recent Examples of exemplum
In 2013, the Italian playwright Stefano Massini turned this exemplum into The Lehman Trilogy, an epic five-hour play that was adapted and condensed last year by the director Sam Mendes and playwright Ben Power for the National Theatre in London.
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Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2019
Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exemplum
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Some people come to listen, some to vent, some to mull the parables through fogs of addiction or mental illness.Moriah Ratner, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Even absent conscious efforts to use them strategically, parables in pop culture can inform how audiences think about real-world politics—often in ways that authors don’t necessarily intend.Charli Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2019
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Characters in most fables do not have legs, let alone race.Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Such shots reproduce García Márquez’s knack for wedding the ordinary to the extraordinary, and turning prosaic developments into enduring fables.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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The previous anecdote is probably the best way to begin a piece meant to criticize the direction of college football.John Tamny, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Viewers watched as Berghoff spilled chilling anecdotes of her experiences, painting a grim picture of the dangers lurking in the digital dating pool.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Our recommendation is to get ahead of this narrative, owning any misconceptions and addressing them head on.Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
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