canon
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Violetta, who could not join polite society, now reigns in the canon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Meatloaf is the most underrated order in the steakhouse canon.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026
It’s still going to be Professor Barrett at the chalkboard explaining the difference between a substantive canon and a rule of statutory construction.
From Slate • Feb. 20, 2026
But “Hamnet’s” emphasis is on the circumstances that may have led Shakespeare to write one of the greatest plays in the Western canon.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
The canon of black autobiography sensibly includes scores of books about resistance to the American system.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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