genre
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“I feel like you can be more honest with comedy,” says Bonilla about why this genre appeals to her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
It's been really exciting to explore a Shaun story in a new genre.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
And there are dynamic comic strips by masters of the genre, such as Hal Foster, Hergé, George Herriman and Winsor McCay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Now comes nerve-jangling Korean director Na Hong-jin, long a revered force in genre cinema thanks to “The Yellow Sea” and “The Wailing,” with his own bid for immortality, the alien-monster tempest “Hope.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
His creator, Edgar Allan Poe, is credited with starting the detective fiction genre in 1841.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Participating bands tend to fall into genres that organizers find engage crowds most, including Bluegrass, rock, blues and Americana.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
But coppersmith/silversmith Ben Caldwell defines the form as “not influenced by Europe,” which makes it notable among American genres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
It's something she'd had to do many times over a career that spanned decades and genres.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Soul horns and synths liven the production up, but it all underlines how far her writing and vocal performances could travel through genres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
This includes older blended traditions such as rumba and samba, newer but well-established blended genres such as reggae and Afrobeat, and groups with unique experimental sounds borrowing from more than one tradition.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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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