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Adjective
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Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of rationality, Apollonian, and the irrational passion, defined as Dionysian, have always been a sort of philosophical guide for Murano; his way of conceiving fashion.—
Alberto Calabrese,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025 -
By the ninth century B.C.E., Delos had been established as an Apollonian sanctuary.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 June 2024
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In designing the Grange, Davies had a rule that everything needed to be ordered and symmetrical.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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In these rough fibers, the distribution of pores was not symmetrical.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
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