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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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This change coincides with the wider cultural context of a new Trump administration that has actively heightened discussions about online freedom of expression.Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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His collage-like editing, which emphasizes nature (trees, skies, seas, animals) along with drama, places actors in the context of a world rather than centering his cinematic world on acting.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The public doesn’t want impenetrable jargon or a stack of citations.Rhea Wessel, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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The California Highway Patrol arrested nearly 500 people and issued close to 10,000 citations across two days during an enforcement period over the New Year’s Eve holiday.Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
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But getting there is going to require a lot more than a catchy slogan and some sound bites.Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025
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The dude was a nonstop hype video in human form, talking himself up in sound bite after sound bite.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Purple passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple%20passage. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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