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Only his near contemporary, the American modernist poet Wallace Stevens (who survived into old age), who weirdly enough also was a lawyer for an insurance company, rivals Kafka in terms of the inverse proportion of literary originality and canonical significance to dullness of life story.
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Living systems are canonical examples of open systems, using energy from their environments to maintain themselves in the statistically surprising condition of being alive.
—Anil Seth, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
This is not the case with Kirk, who has no canonical reason to cross paths with his future colleagues.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The two canonical albums Only Built 4 Cuban Linx and The Infamous were both released by Loud Records three decades ago.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Living systems are canonical examples of open systems, using energy from their environments to maintain themselves in the statistically surprising condition of being alive.
—Anil Seth, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
This is not the case with Kirk, who has no canonical reason to cross paths with his future colleagues.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The two canonical albums Only Built 4 Cuban Linx and The Infamous were both released by Loud Records three decades ago.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canonical
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View Comments The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
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Clients and partners need the dynamic, authoritative showman in the red shirt.—
Jason BARNARD,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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Religion reporter Liam Adams has written extensively about denominations with Nashville ties, wrote authoritative news obituaries after the deaths of Focus on the Family founder James Dobson and Room In The Inn founder Father Charlie Strobel and has covered trends involving religion.—
Jennifer Brett,
Nashville Tennessean,
19 Oct. 2025
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With 2,000-year-old ancient Roman roads and Etruscan tombs, grand villas, papal palaces, charming medieval towns, rolling countryside, and unforgettable food and wine, Lazio has something for every traveler.—
Fulvio De Bonis,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
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That later became the foundational precedent for centuries of papal claims to secular authority over the papal states of the Romagna.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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At Canni, the bar's general manager is also a licensed nurse and herbalist, and trains the staff to answer customer questions about how different products may work in the body, according to cafe and bar manager Moonie Swaser.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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An executive from another competitor, Halco (which was sold and got out of the Halloween business long before Ben Cooper and Collegeville), credited the boom in licensed costumes to the rise in TV.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
24 Oct. 2025
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Patrice Lockhart, certified menopause health and wellness coach and author of the book Menopause As Metamorphosis, calls the sunny Bahamas home.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
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That includes not only teachers and other certified staff, but also paraprofessionals and other employees.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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Haller Suites & Restaurant offers a dining experience with panoramic views over the episcopal town.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Freddie Clayton The Fisherman’s Ring is a signet ring presented to a new pope at his inauguration, as a symbol of his episcopal authority and as the successor of St. Peter, the fisherman apostle and the first pope, who began his papacy around the year 30.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
18 May 2025
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To review or object to instances where our partners assert a legitimate interest in utilizing your data, please visit our vendors page.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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Pauline describes the situation between Pittsburgh and Las Vegas as legitimate.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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These payments are in part calculated by work history and income but also are adjusted every year based on the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W).—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Canonical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canonical. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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