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classic

[klas-ik] / ˈklæs ɪk /




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Last week, producers announced classic Neighbours storylines would be repackaged as super-short vertical episodes, one of the latest signs the format is moving into the mainstream.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

At a time when he thinks standards have been slipping though, striving for a classic is more important than ever.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

He’ll pepper the discussion with references to the Bible, classic poetry, medieval poetry, Shakespeare, literature and movies.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

While the business is still in operation as an industrial and safety equipment supplier and has expanded to other cities, then it was a classic local hardware store, composed of two large rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

She tosses her hair back in classic Rabia style.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

A Taylor Swift fan for 20 years, Angela wanted to create a podcast with her uncle, who holds degrees in English, history, classics and literary history.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

But I was surprised that Mr. Varadarajan didn’t mention other schools of higher education that offer training in the classics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

But Schoenbrun’s innate familiarity with the internet — its legendary Creepypasta stories and disconcerting YouTube videos that seem to spring from the void — sets their story apart from the classics.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

It's a sign that, with practically every song ever recorded available at the press of a button, people are increasingly seeking out the classics - or what the music industry categorises as "deep catalogue".

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

On the beams of his library he had painted sixty or so quotations from the classics, all emphasizing the vanity of human life and of human aspirations to knowledge.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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