classicism

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Recent Examples of classicism This was a popular style of architecture across Europe in the late 1800 and early 1900’s, a throwback to Greek and Roman classicism. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Fall’s fashion trends mark a return to classicism, with influences from academia and the English countryside, and few pieces capture the mood as effortlessly as blazers. Kristina Rutkowski, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2025 His sensibility blends rare classicism with a singular way of seeing the world. John Hopewell, Variety, 28 July 2025 The brand, whose DNA is rooted in Italian tailoring traditions, is eschewing younger looks, offering a new take on classicism imbued with urban touches. Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for classicism
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Noun
  • Working with groups like Habitat for Humanity and increasing grant access to rental vouchers, down payment assistance, and financial counseling will build housing stability and help everyone to live with dignity.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a moving moment of magnanimity, which won’t be given away here, that proves the underlying dignity of a people broken by an authoritarian state.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • It’s taken a while for athletes to catch up to the sophistication of this surveillance.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Courtesy of a recent makeover, the hotel has an air of sophistication with a dash of playfulness, as expressed well by the Tipsy Tea experience.
    Kathryn Streeter, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While objecting to restraints, Robinson’s attorneys agree with the sheriff that the court should limit or ban video and photographic coverage of proceedings.
    Stepheny Price , Melissa Chrise, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • To complement the architecture’s rigor, the current owners turned to designer André Mellone of Studio Mellone, known for his elegant restraint and understanding of proportion.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The visual simplicity of mobile phone exchanges, personal photos and Fatma’s own images of her city and people, creates a sense of closeness and immediacy, drawing us into the daily reality of life under siege.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This luggage set from Wrangler is built for travelers who want function, durability and simplicity at a solid price.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the tastefulness of Kogonada’s realization keeps the brazen absurdities of plot masked in sleek understatement rather than gleefully exaggerating them.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There is a real seriousness to the score — the scheming bad-guy music has the artfulness of Prokofiev, and even the sneaking-around cues have musical integrity and structure.
    Tim Greiving, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Heroin chic fell away, and body positivity entered the fashion world.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Grandpa Chic Grandpa chic—sometimes also referred to as 'country club chic' or 'country club grandpa'—is right up Richard Gilmore's alley.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • All brittleness and bile in the hands of Diego Luna, Valentín’s quiet righteousness rubs up against his cellmate’s grandiosity in all the wrong ways — at first.
    Blythe Marks, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
  • Ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her mother Kris Jenner are depicted trying to reach Ye through his fog of grandiosity, to no avail.
    Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Classicism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classicism. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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