exempla

plural of exemplum

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for exempla
Noun
  • Throughout the performance, Gale peppered in anecdotes about her first relationships and her songwriting process.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Again, most of the hour documentary dealt with issues and delivered anecdotes a Connecticut fan has read, because Hurley tells his story freely.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But a prevailing question is whether the administration has raced to act, made mistakes and later applied new narratives and legal justifications to specific deportation cases challenged in the news and in the courts.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Taking narratives to a whole new level, Split Fiction casts you and your significant other as Mio and Zoe, a pair of down-on-their-luck writers who become trapped in a combination of their stories (sci-fi meets fantasy) due to an accident at a groundbreaking literary tech firm.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Exempla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exempla. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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