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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anacreontics
Noun
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Like a typical Catholic Mass, scriptures, psalms and gospels will be read and the Holy Communion will be given.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026 -
The Psalms of the fifth century BC posited seventy years as the standard length of a human life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The character is speaking sonnets and doing ‘Ozymandias’ as well.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
5 Feb. 2026
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Ever wanted to dive into Shakespeare's sonnets or explore cinema analysis?—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Again and again, Tennyson fills his beautifully wrought poems with enormous, unfathomable depths—sometimes cosmic, sometimes temporal, sometimes psychological, often oceanic.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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The poems are rooted in their observations of current affairs and native plants; the publication was completed in December, when Valenzuela and Cheng planned for a reading and celebration of their work at Bravo High.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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