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Recent Examples of prose
But Carlos Orsi, a scientific journalist with a punchy prose style, gives a lot of credit to what astrology has meant to human beings over the past thousands of years.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
The book’s superpower is its voice; Herr’s intensely articulate prose stretches to accommodate the crazy experiences and mind-states created when a high-tech corporate military wages war on a low-tech nation.
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Time,
12 May 2026
The production was largely a collaboration between Rylance and prose poet Louis Jenkins, who wrote more than 600 prose poems during his lifetime, many of which were adapted into the film’s screenplay, written by Rylance and Lichtscheidl.
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Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
The first draft was incredibly experimental in terms of the prose style.
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Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
The book’s superpower is its voice; Herr’s intensely articulate prose stretches to accommodate the crazy experiences and mind-states created when a high-tech corporate military wages war on a low-tech nation.
—
Time,
12 May 2026
The production was largely a collaboration between Rylance and prose poet Louis Jenkins, who wrote more than 600 prose poems during his lifetime, many of which were adapted into the film’s screenplay, written by Rylance and Lichtscheidl.
—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
The first draft was incredibly experimental in terms of the prose style.
—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for prose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prose
Adjective
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This was an obtuse and unpoetic diktat, a showy way to miss the fact that a song’s history—its use over time, by real people, inspired by the exigencies of ritual and action—can inform its meaning more than its mere lyrics ever could.
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Atlanta and its suburbs are a surprisingly Whitmanesque experiment in pluralism, in which unpoetic concrete strip malls substitute for lyrical spears of summer grass.
Adjective
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In 2024 this broad ethic of democracy came into conflict with a more prosaic politic.
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The unique features hide a center touchscreen the way an architect’s home keeps prosaic televisions out of sight.
Adjective
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Sharks sit at the top of this literal chain reaction, integrators of everything below them in their predator role, accumulating what the system carries.
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For the Dar al Funoon, its inviting nature is communicated through form instead of literal transparency.
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“Prose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prose. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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