genre
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Diane Briones Williams’s textiles at Official Welcome inject international flair into Western art history by rendering traditional scenes—landscapes, still lifes and genre painings—in needlepoint, then adding elements that touch on the artist’s Filipino heritage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
A co‑production deal with Warner Brothers brought American investment into the genre.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
There’s a certain genre of pantry items that feels, if not immortal, then at least immune to the normal rules of time.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
Classic is the first word you think of to describe this genre of horror film, with its quaint setting and relative lack of gore.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
I grew to hate the growing pages of my dissertation on genre and Renaissance literature.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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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