genre
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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
The lineup is stacked with some of the biggest names in the genre, featuring Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Fisher + Chris Lake, Skrillex, Peggy Gou and Four Tet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
“It’s something that I’ve always loved in the genre that I’ve never explored,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Peugeot belongs to a particular genre of legal fictions called ‘limited liability companies’.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
"Afrobeats just keeps evolving, it keeps growing and it just keeps getting better... I want it to be one of the top genres in the world."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
They wrote and produced their own songs, shaped their own streetwear image and blended genres ranging from hip-hop and R&B to trot, a traditional South Korean folk genre.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 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
Within a five-block radius of my apartment there are four first-run multiplexes and a dozen thirty-to-fifty-seat revival houses with rotating programs devoted to obscure and well-known actors, directors, and genres.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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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