theme
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During sentencing, the judge said "a common theme" in the character references was Keenan's remorse, and he also highlighted the defendant's contribution to his community.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
She kept the jukebox on the movie’s Academy Award-nominated theme song, “Calling You,” recorded by R&B singer Jevetta Steele and covered by Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, George Michael and others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The common theme across regions in the past week has been the near consistent return of short positioning, Citi says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Tweaking the theme song with the debut of each new season became part of the show’s identity, and that version incorporated a Latin jazz flair.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2018
Many longer works of music, such as symphony movements, have more than one melodic theme.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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The goal, Bass said, is to “identify common themes or best practices that successfully de-escalated the incident or allowed officers to gain compliance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The key "themes" included treatment "not aligned to best practice", excessive surgery and delayed diagnosis, she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
In addition to high-yield corporates, Shaw cited three themes that have helped the Morgan Stanley team achieve strong long-term performance for the fund:
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Users can analyze their archived chats with AI tools to find recurring themes, synthesize previous conversations and improve future chat guidelines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
This was one of the themes of my sister’s life.”
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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It's the start of university - you're already on your fourth themed night out of the week and have signed up for every quirky-sounding society your campus has to offer.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
That also led, this week, to an unveiling of what the younger Biden is really selling: a cryptocurrency token, themed around the device that brought him such notoriety.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Sonny Angels are three-inch plastic dolls that are generally naked, except for themed headgear and costumes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
While not as fun as the similarly themed “Gangs of London” or Guy Ritchie’s other current show, “The Gentlemen,” it’s a solid watch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Every year she’d put up several at the Tongue River Museum, themed, of course, and we always had one at home, too.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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Iwerks is more interested in showing us the race against time, especially for a park that deviated from the light theming and simple rides of amusement parks of the era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
After getting business interest approval - which lets an employee pursue other lines of work outside their job - she began "creating and theming party tents".
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
Hobby Lobby, an Oklahoma-based chain of big-box craft stores, is famous for its Christian theming.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2023
An actual rainbow arched over the park’s thunder-shower-soaked parking lot as the sun set, prompting several attendees to joke that Disney had outdone itself with Pride theming this year.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2022
Image: Google Material You theming options are also coming to third-party app icons, which appeared in Android 13’s first developer preview in February.
From The Verge ● May 11, 2022
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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