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scene

noun as in part of a dramatic performance

noun as in display of emotion

noun as in field of interest

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Such a scene might not seem unusual for a Friday night on a cruise ship, but this wasn’t a typical sailing.

It was at a landmark architecture exhibition in Paris in 1925 that the Art Deco aesthetic first exploded on the scene.

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Back in Lot H, the scene took on the feel of a state fair.

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Usually, they’re referring to a closing scene in the film “The Notebook,” in which a wife, who has dementia, has a moment of startling clarity and suddenly recognizes her husband.

A dispatch log obtained by The Times, however, shows that firefighters arrived at the scene that day and quickly reported seeing no smoke.

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