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canon

noun as in a body of the most important, influential or superior works in music, literature, or art

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Gold, who has been deconstructing his way through the Shakespeare canon, has delivered a “Romeo + Juliet” in the form of rave.

He is author of the the Canon Clement Mysteries book crime series and was part of the pop duo The Communards in the 1980s alongside Jimmy Sommerville.

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With more than 760 million streams, the track is rightfully at the top of the Pink Floyd canon.

Almost a quarter of listed companies in Japan, like car makers Toyota and Suzuki and camera firm Canon, are managed by members of the family that founded them.

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That their marriage is destined not to last is “Big Bang Theory” canon; just how long it will last, or why it might end, who knows.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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