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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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Pirani conceded in court the materials contained legal citations to nonexistent cases and quotations of nonexistent passages, according to the judge's opinion and order.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 July 2025
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Glass’s Twenty Etudes, written in two books from the early 1990s through 2012, chart a similar trajectory, from the repetitive textures of his early music toward a language broadened in length and scope, involving quotation, musical code-switching, detailed harmony, and melodic invention.—
Luke Schulze,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 July 2025
Noun
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The function of an obituary is to situate its subject’s life and work in historical context.—
John Darnielle,
Pitchfork,
24 July 2025
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This additional investment in higher education for soldiers needs to be understood in the context of addressing safety and security considerations.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Workers refused to work with a hazardous chemical earlier this year, and officials did not issue a citation after a worker was sprayed with another chemical months prior.—
Connor Giffin,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
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Someone saw the child and alerted authorities, resulting in a citation for Wissmann.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
24 July 2025
Noun
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But playful, electronic reimaginings of Grandma’s feel-good tunes and funny pop culture sound bites weren’t getting us anywhere past Havre de Grace.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2025
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This season has become something of a cultural phenomenon both online and off, with viral clips, unhinged memes and the occasional sound bite trending across various social media platforms after a new episode airs.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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“Purple passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple%20passage. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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