exemplum

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Recent Examples of exemplum In 2013, the Italian playwright Stefano Massini turned this exemplum into The Lehman Trilogy, an epic five-hour play that was adapted and condensed last year by the director Sam Mendes and playwright Ben Power for the National Theatre in London. Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exemplum
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
  • There’s a whole other movie happening within Good Fortune‘s attempt to Aesop-fable its way to some moral about a modest life being a more fulfilling one even if you’re forced to live in your car.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The film, a political fable, is about Marcel, a widower, a quiet man seeking refuge in a safe place, and a place of safety to raise his young son, while paranoia reigns around him.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There were a lot of conflicting anecdotes.
    Big Think, Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This myth is founded in anecdotes that have in fact happened, or at least partially happened.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Matilda had asked, politely interrupting the beginning of what promised to be a windy narrative about the two sorry sons.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Well aware of the narrative surrounding the bullpen this October, the Los Angeles Dodgers turned to a slew of relievers in hopes of changing the discourse.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

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