genre
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When Twin Temple released its debut, 2018’s “Brings You Their Signature Sound … Satanic Doo-Wop,” the band had the blessing and curse of being a genre unto themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
“If there’s one genre that always seems to struggle in the year that it’s released, it’s a pointed contemporary climate change satire.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
But as rock grew and changed as a genre, it became “torturing” to Cohn’s ears, with bands competing in terms of their comparative loudness and audacity.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
Director Brian de Palma's 1976 movie version is a horror classic, with some of its most famous scenes and imagery widely considered iconic within the genre.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
For example, how do you respond to the workout genre on Pandora?
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
With the Patient Zero video, I got to explore the cinematic and literary genres I love so much.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The book explores figures including Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Jimi Hendrix before moving through later genres, from heavy rock to pioneering punk acts such as Bad Brains and Pure Hell.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Lawrence and others, concentrates on the young Brahms as the composer takes his first steps toward mastering all genres of music except opera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
"They're also essential to the creation and continuation of so many different genres that came off of that."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
But in many genres, numbered headings are not an option, and as we saw in chapter 2, excessive signposting can bore and confuse a reader.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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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