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Recent Examples of epos
Your freestyle at Harvard University in 2016 was searing and soaring epos.
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New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epos
Noun
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The mysterious epic starring Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colman Domingo, and Colin Firth will face off against some of the steepest competition at the box office this year thus far.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 June 2026
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Under a special arrangement between Universal and the Village Directors Circle, the collective of filmmakers led by Jason Reitman that bought the movie palace in 2024, American Cinematheque will screen Christopher Nolan’s new epic The Odyssey in a special three-week engagement beginning July 17.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2026
Noun
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When The Last Ship, a musical that serves as an elegy to Wallsend, the hardscrabble Northern England shipyard town Sting grew up in, debuted on Broadway in 2014, the critical reception was disappointing.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
4 June 2026
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Tom Sturridge, Rebecca Hall, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and newcomer Luther Ford co-star in this elegy defiantly tethered to life.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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By greatly expanding the dimensions of his images, with their muted palettes, tight cropping, found symmetries, and laconic wit, had the maestro of the photographic epigram betrayed his subtractive aesthetic?—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Johnson is the author of the epigrams, but Boswell is very much the co-author.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Design a kitchen with a cozy ode to tradition and a mix of modern elements to make the heart of your home feel fresh and rustic at the same time.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
6 June 2026
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The top of the Garden Pavilion is covered in solar panels, which are feet away from a food garden that is an ode to the White House kitchen garden Michelle Obama planted in 2009.—
Tara Molina,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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In his gorgeous and arresting debut, Nick Martino hurtles through a variety of forms—from sonnets to visual poems to works of visual art—to vividly portray and reflect on a teenager’s world during and after the speaker’s parents’ divorce and his father’s incarceration.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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My expertise, for example, is in the African American sonnet tradition.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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Far from moderating political passions, Freneau stoked hatred of his political rivals, the Federalists, and their leader, Alexander Hamilton, even publishing an anti-Semitic poem comparing Hamilton’s work at the Treasury Department to that of Jewish moneylenders.—
Jeffrey Rosen,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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The film is a re-telling of Homer’s poem about Odysseus’ long journey home.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Ginsberg’s incantatory dithyrambs pulled the Beats, Walt Whitman and much of 20th century poetry into view.—
Sesshu Foster,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2023
Noun
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The Spiritual Sound Marc-André Hamelin, Found Objects / Sound Objects The Beths, Straight Line Was a Lie A year like no other, my 2025 in music was filled with joyous arias and madrigals of melancholy.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 2025
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This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.—
Janet Kusterer,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Epos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epos. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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