dramatis personae
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In one respect, the dramatis personae in Kananaskis helps.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025
Neither her laugh nor her dramatis personae are merely for entertainment, though.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2022
The slippage isn’t always this Ovidian, but names circulate in ways that can frustrate a strict accounting of the dramatis personae.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2021
The dramatis personae are you, me, all of us.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2020
In the case of marrying, the dramatis personae include the person being married and the person doing the marrying.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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