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canon

[kan-uhn] / ˈkæn ən /


NOUN
a body of the most important, influential or superior works in music, literature, or art
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The result: CharacterOS, Sixth Wall’s proprietary system for preserving a character’s personality, canon, voice and safety guardrails across interactive experiences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Italian dressing packets might be my favorite warm-weather entry in the flavor packet canon.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

For Girl Like Me, PinkPantheress wanted the piece to have a canon sequence, Keflezgy says, which is where dancers perform the same movement but in a staggered way.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The part of me that’s a sucker for goal-setting and self-transformation also wondered: What if, rather than reject the parenting canon, I were to embrace it?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

It was, at the time, the classic American canon, but also what Volpe felt like teaching and what he thought we would like.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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