genre
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And even “The Lost Boys,” perhaps the most ambitious new musical of the season, takes its inspiration from a cult genre film that serves as a time capsule of the wicked 1980s.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Universal’s “Miami Vice ’85” movie reboot won’t come out until 2028, but fans of the neon-hued South Florida crime genre looking to scratch that itch can check out “M.I.A.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
And this, Ms. Tomes writes, is why his “contributions to the genre have never been surpassed.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Dominating the list are titles linked to the platform's biggest genre, romantasy, with books by Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros making it into the chart.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
But the great example of this genre is It Happened One Night, with Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, who famously dispensed with wearing an undershirt.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
Vocabulary lists containing genre
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 3
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