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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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Dates and quotations were unreachable, every fact revised.Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Images and objects are human embodiments of divine attributes while words are said to be direct quotations of God.Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
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In the context of billions in annual purchases, this translated to $62.5 million in savings.Sach Chaudhari, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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The current political context is not exactly friendly to such sweeping government programs.Justin Worland, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The number of citations for camping or loitering after hours spiked, with 265 issued between late June and late October, according to the Long Beach Police Department.Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
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Lengthy documents on their websites take on the various questionable health assertions and myths point by point with citations for studies and research to back them up.Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
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Space Invaders In one of the final interviews of the relentless Wicked press tour, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were part of a sound bite that perhaps overshadows even the film itself.Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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Here is the full sound bite of Green on Podziemski.Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Purple passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple%20passage. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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