Thesaurus results for DRAMAS

dramas

noun

plural of drama

as in plays

a written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage wrote a police drama that really captured the speech of cops and criminals

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Recent Examples of dramas There is no shortage of crime dramas on television networks and streaming platforms. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 31 July 2026 Her work as an exec producer on Narcos helped establish the notion that non-English language dramas were palatable to global streaming audiences. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 31 July 2026 My favorite summer TikTok trend is one that spoofs Netflix true crime dramas by applying their narrative formula to mundane, everyday situations. — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 31 July 2026 Whether this rise in violent K-dramas also reflects the mood of our current society, however, is another question. — Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Not unlike crime dramas such as Peaky Blinders or Boardwalk Empire, Maul — Shadow Lord daringly puts us in the mind of a ruthless leader hungry for dominance and refuses to soften him. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 26 July 2026 Christopher Nolan has directed everything from sci-fi thrillers such as Interstellar, Tenet and Inception to historical dramas like Dunkirk and Oppenheimer, mysteries like The Prestige and Memento and superhero films with his Dark Knight trilogy. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2026 The Netflix series, based on the Ranson Canyon book series by Jodi Thomas, is similar to other cozy dramas like Virgin River and Sweet Magnolias, striking a perfect balance of relaxing and wildly entertaining. — Barry Levitt, Time, 23 July 2026 Unlike some Korean spas, which feature seemingly omnipresent TV screens playing Korean dramas or game shows, Spa Hyu has just three small TVs. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

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Noun

The most entertaining of these is undoubtedly Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, who died in 1673, at the age of fifty, leaving more than twenty volumes of poems, plays, and essays.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
University of San Diego and Montana have offered Felli, who is a strong drive blocker on run plays.

— Dan Albano, Oc Register, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of plays

Noun

The school commissions Broadway writers to pen musicals for students each year and recently has added in a new summer musical, where commercial producers can workshop and develop shows.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
Founded in 2007 by Gary and Erin Lewis, the company produces stage musicals year-round, as well as musical readings and youth drama education programs.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026

Definition of musicals

Noun

American coming-of-age comedies rarely beat with such uncomfortable verisimilitude.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
At its best, that instinct lends his comedies a shaggy warmth and a conspiratorial mood that suggests the filmmaker, character, and even viewers are all surviving the humiliation of modern intimacy together.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of comedies

Noun

Today, the public largely remembers Holmes through magazine covers, courtroom sketches, documentaries, and television dramatizations.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
For Dreams of Violets, every image and person in the film is AI generated, but the dramatizations are based on journalistic reports, photographs and eyewitness accounts from which AI video models were used.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2026

Definition of dramatizations

Noun

Below is an example of how the scoring works, based on the performances of the Marist teams during the 2025-26 school year.

— Chip Saye, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
One of Nebel’s major works was still there — The Wrestlers, a huge plaster work of two sinewy men locked in combat, which had been his thesis as a student.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 2026

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