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the complete works of an author Jane Austen's corpus is modest in number but magnificent in achievement

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as in corpse
a dead body international conventions requiring that the corpus of the enemy combatant be treated with respect and dignity

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Recent Examples of corpus After he was convicted, now it’s gone on to appeals, he’s filed for two Habeas corpus’, he’s filed an appellate brief. Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 22 May 2025 The results showed that on a nano level, the blacktip shark’s cartilage had two distinct regions, the corpus calcareum and the intermediale. Discover Magazine, 20 May 2025 The academic corpus treats market timing like a kind of mirage - achievable in theory but not in practice. Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 Attorneys for the brothers have said that now that both brothers have been denied parole, the legal team will pivot to a habeas corpus petition filed by the brothers at the outset of their road to seeking freedom. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for corpus
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  • But the union has yet to comment on the release of OpenAI’s Sora 2, which has rattled Hollywood with its outputs of Hollywood characters, like Wednesday’s Wednesday Addams or Pokémon’s Pikachu.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Nashville's film sector has grown 43% in economic output over the past five years, generating $728 million, according to the Tennessee Entertainment Commission.
    Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • Alongside using the corpses to create furniture for his house, Ed also began constructing a skin suit of a woman made from human remains of at least 15 women, per A&E.
    Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Ed Gein, who became infamous for crimes committed in rural Plainfield, Wisconsin, admitted to the killing of two women and stealing corpses from graves.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Corpus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpus. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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