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prose

[prohz] / proʊz /


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Part of that building inspired the next generation of rappers to incorporate their love of other aspects of Asian pop culture, such as anime, into their prose and performance style.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

She developed, writes Ms. Lutz, a “weird, witchy” sense of humor, doodled violent images in the margins of her books and made a specialty, in her poetry and prose, of the “nocturnal and crepuscular.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It also earned 28-year-old Salam a place on the Observer's list of the best debut novelists of 2026, with the paper saying "his raucous, wildly inventive prose is bound for a much bigger audience".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

For someone with such a sensationalizing prose style, he had little tolerance for the shock of the new.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Reading a draft, even in a mumble, also forces you to anticipate what your readers will be doing as they understand your prose.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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