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Recent Examples of prose
Nonetheless, there is no denying its piracy of the prose tale.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Generally this means books that are prose-light, plot-forward, and propulsive.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
When Mayor Mamdani released his preliminary budget last week, the public got to see what governing with prose looks like.
—Paul Francis, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
As fiction films do something analogous to what is done in prose forms like the novel and the short story, so nonfiction films can have a broad choice of nonfiction literary models.
—Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Generally this means books that are prose-light, plot-forward, and propulsive.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
When Mayor Mamdani released his preliminary budget last week, the public got to see what governing with prose looks like.
—Paul Francis, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
As fiction films do something analogous to what is done in prose forms like the novel and the short story, so nonfiction films can have a broad choice of nonfiction literary models.
—Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
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.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2022
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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.—
Sanjena Sathian,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2021
Adjective
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But the truth was a little more prosaic.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
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Yards away, Starmer was attempting a far more prosaic challenge: surviving the day.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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This lush new exception—a literal urban oasis and Ontario’s only LEED Gold Certified Hotel takes sustainability seriously—is distinguished by its biophilic design, impressive conservation programs, and real community mindedness.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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Between archival footage and photos of Lennon and Ono, there are dozens of jarring, ugly visuals, seemingly generated by entering Ono and Lennon’s dialogue into a machine that spits out bizarrely literal interpretations of text.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
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“Prose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prose. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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