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poetic license
noun as in freedom of expression
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Example Sentences
Such poetic license might be more forgivable for the sake of clever cadence, but this is a song that tries to rhyme “Brexit’‘ with “Taylor Swift.”
But, Pardoll said, it’s tolerable as a form of “poetic license,” because the task he’s taken on is so important.
Liotta was hopeless as a left-handed hitter, so the filmmakers allowed him some poetic license in the batting scene.
And it’s very recent history, so it’s well documented and part of the collective consciousness, meaning there’s not a lot of wiggle room” to take poetic license, she added.
“It’s obviously a comedy. They took a lot of poetic license. They stretched some truth or made up some to make it funny.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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