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pastiche

[pa-steesh, pah-] / pæˈstiʃ, pɑ- /


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In a horror movie pastiche, Mendoza is dogged by middle-aged white men compelled to tell him that their wife is Asian, which does sound like something from personal experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

With a jazzy score fixed atop its ’60s-era mod-cartoon opening sequence, “Propeller One-Way Night Coach” makes no effort to disguise its pastiche.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

He was the runner-up in 2022, armed with the cunning plan of writing a good song – the 70s glam rock pastiche Space Man – and being good at performing it.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Yale law professor Akhil Amar wrote in an amicus brief that the administration’s historical evidence amounts to “an artful pastiche of misleading, misinterpreted, and/or atypical shards.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

She decided we should go for a pastiche of rocker looks, rather than trying to copy any one artist.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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