Examples of catena in a Sentence
a catena of lies that ultimately proved to be her undoing
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Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023
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Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023
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“Catena.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catena. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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