modes

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Chowdhury, a queer artist who enjoys sampling performance modes, adopts the figure of the grieving Bollywood widow.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Most of the works here are joyful, but we also see the artists working in their most serious modes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

“How you build cases, determining whether you have a crime, and discussing the modes of liability is the key to it,” Rapp says.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Mercedes-Benz also has drive modes from its new all-electric, high-end AMG that make it feel like driving a gasoline-powered car.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

The limitation of both ethnic and ecclesiastical modes was that you had to stay in whatever mode you had started in for the duration of the performance.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall