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Recent Examples of exegesis This public generational saga goes from ancestral investigation (the Fonda clan migrated from Holland to upstate New York in 1654, then Nebraska, where Henry was born) to cultural exegesis. Armond White, National Review, 4 Apr. 2025 Creator Ally Sheehan, whose channel currently boasts more than 198,000 subscribers, has devoted her effort to the exegesis of Swift’s lyrics, video essays about her music, and even tutorials on the craft of the Swiftie friendship bracelet. Ruby Justice Thelot, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024 The work is already its own exegesis and its own self-interrogation. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024 Still, our Judaism—if that’s the word for it—affirmed idiosyncrasy, worldliness, dignity, science, exegesis, law, property, gradualism, poetic license, peace, freedom, memory, and humor. Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for exegesis
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Noun
  • Thomas' interpretation and feelings toward the 150-year-old law have been conveyed numerous times in past Court decisions.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
  • Analyzing the president’s motivations became the continent’s favorite parlor game, because the appropriate response to him would depend on which interpretation one favored.
    Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • And in practice, the explanation doesn’t need to be technical.
    Shiva Chandrashekher, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • However, on May 2, the NSF, under the direction of the Trump administration, abruptly terminated our grant without explanation.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • An illustrator and illustrations teacher at the time, Jacobsen learned of Machine Head, a metal fabrication shop in the Crossroads, through Arts Upload, a PBS show featuring local art.
    Madeline King, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2025
  • Featuring illustrations by Nenka Myers, the book will arrive in spring 2026.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 23 June 2025

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“Exegesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exegesis. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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