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Recent Examples of soap opera
Its daytime television soap operas and its prime-time dramas are templates of American originals.
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Jonny Steinberg, Time, 22 May 2025
Burton has played the mob boss Jason Morgan on the soap opera on and off since 1991, but briefly appeared as Drew Cain, Jason's identical twin, in photos and flashbacks from 2017-2019.
—EW.com, 19 May 2025
In her 2010 interview, Alexander looked back on the heady days of being a soap opera star.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2025
One thing is likely: This political soap opera is not over yet.
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—Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Jonny Steinberg, Time, 22 May 2025
Burton has played the mob boss Jason Morgan on the soap opera on and off since 1991, but briefly appeared as Drew Cain, Jason's identical twin, in photos and flashbacks from 2017-2019.
—EW.com, 19 May 2025
In her 2010 interview, Alexander looked back on the heady days of being a soap opera star.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2025
One thing is likely: This political soap opera is not over yet.
Follow me on LinkedIn.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soap opera
Noun
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In the Midwest, where row crops like corn and soybeans are concentrated, the conversation centers on scale and exposure.—
Artem Milinchuk,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Wednesday, June 11, Chicken Enchilada Casserole, refried beans and corn, mixed fruit, milk.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Guests can sign up to walk to the canal and toss in Genki balls, filled with microorganisms that eat away at the sludge in the canal created from manmade pollutants.—
Jalyn Robinson,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2025
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Reichardt’s previous films, such as her retro Westerns Meek’s Cutoff and First Cow, have tended towards sludge and shadows, but her competition closer opens with the golden leaves of a New England fall, slightly faded to the paler golds of an Ektachrome postcard of the era.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
Noun
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In response, some are exploring acreage shifts toward crops with more domestic demand, such as wheat or sorghum.—
Artem Milinchuk,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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By the fall harvest of 2015, colonies had been detected in seventeen American states, as far north as Illinois, infecting a significant portion of the country’s sorghum crop.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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“Soap opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soap%20opera. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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