exempla

plural of exemplum

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for exempla
Noun
  • These parables sometimes read like gibberish, talking both down and up to the reader.
    Book Marks October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Then there’s this weird other, like Mae got really into parables.
    William Earl, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Gossip fed the frenzy of the Salem Witch Trials and has been the subtext of one too many fables where mischief masks moral rot.
    Oriel FeldmanHall, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Its instructions are vague, its arguments belabored and its absurdist fables too plentiful.
    Book Marks October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Their fortitude resulted in a thoughtful, lyrically dense project that ‘Nandez likens to a collection of personal and political anecdotes rapped on production that Preservation built around ‘Nandez baritone vocal tone.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The result is a book full of practical strategies, scripts, and relatable anecdotes.
    Stav Ziv, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The 2024 European Parliament elections strengthened far-right blocs and pushed the centre-right toward diluting elements of the Green Deal, reframing climate rules as sovereignty or competitiveness threats and amplifying cost-of-living and farmer-protest narratives.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • All are women, trans, or nonbinary creators developing feature films that place LGBTQ+ narratives at the center rather than the margins.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Exempla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exempla. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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