Example Sentences

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Who’s to say that there aren’t other people from other places, from other continents who deserve to be considered canonically among the best music ever made?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2025

The Jesuits inaugurated the center in 1993 and are linked to it canonically as a public association of the faithful.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023

Decades of fan speculation: Velma of “Scooby-Doo” fame is canonically a lesbian.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

Moon Knight’s focus on Steven spiraling into his fear of Khonshu is a good idea that plays into the character’s canonically loose grip on his sanity.

From The Verge • Mar. 29, 2022

Days marked with an asterisk * are those for which proper Collects, Epistles, and Gospels are canonically sanctioned in the Scottish Church.

From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland