canon
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“Could this be any band? If so, it’s not in there . . . it’s gotta be something that really adds to the canon or we’re just detracting from the canon.”
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
Paramount+, with its catalog of CBS series and the canon of “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan, offers a slew of All-American programming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
It is one of those moments where you realize it, particularly because we were three men, but also inside of the canon of these superheroes, it’s always a dad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
This month, born of a well-known art-world cliché that has long captured our imagination, Kelly tackles no less than the corps of unidentified women in the canon of Western art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
A round is a special type of canon in which the last section also fits with the first section, so that the canon can be repeated over and over without stopping.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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