as in types
a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common
the novel's hero is of a different genre than the traditional kind
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Recent Examples of genres
For the first time, PEN America tracked the genres that were banned in schools.
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Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
The analysis released Thursday found that those bans disproportionately affect books about certain identities, including people of color, and also more often apply to certain genres, such as history.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Hackman's talents spanned multiple genres, from gritty dramas like The French Connection to comedy roles in Young Frankenstein.
—Megan Cartwright, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
This book and American War explore very similar themes—global instability, the cruelty and corruption of the West, dehumanization, war, massacres—but in different genres.
—Hazlitt, 27 Feb. 2025
Hackman had a storied career spanning more than four decades, and was highly regarded for his wide-ranging performances across genres.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Mansell’s score blended myriad genres — hip-hop, electronic, conventional classical — to establish a memorable and overwhelming theme repeating descending melodies as the characters submit to their drug addictions.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
The fest programmers also laud the diversity in genres and storytelling on display in the Austria focus.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
Chess became an incubator for not only Chicago blues, but early rock ‘n’ roll and other genres as well.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
The analysis released Thursday found that those bans disproportionately affect books about certain identities, including people of color, and also more often apply to certain genres, such as history.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Hackman's talents spanned multiple genres, from gritty dramas like The French Connection to comedy roles in Young Frankenstein.
—Megan Cartwright, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
This book and American War explore very similar themes—global instability, the cruelty and corruption of the West, dehumanization, war, massacres—but in different genres.
—Hazlitt, 27 Feb. 2025
Hackman had a storied career spanning more than four decades, and was highly regarded for his wide-ranging performances across genres.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Mansell’s score blended myriad genres — hip-hop, electronic, conventional classical — to establish a memorable and overwhelming theme repeating descending melodies as the characters submit to their drug addictions.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
The fest programmers also laud the diversity in genres and storytelling on display in the Austria focus.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
Chess became an incubator for not only Chicago blues, but early rock ‘n’ roll and other genres as well.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Genres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genres. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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