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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.
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Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2019
Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exemplum
Noun
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It’s been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, epigrams, parables; the skeleton of every great story.—
Jann E. Freed,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Some such principles can even be drawn from Christ’s own parables.—
Alejandro Antonio Chafuen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Like all great fables, Brown’s story is deceptively simple.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2025
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Image Her necklaces, bracelets, rings and earrings feature realistically wrought fauna — the fables’ foxes, monkeys, crows, cats and so on.—
Chantel Tattoli,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Many of the anecdotes exchanged were about the film’s storied collaboration and of the decade-long, circuitous, and fortuitous path that led Forman to be hired by a then 29-year-old Michael Douglas.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
6 July 2025
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The 58-year-old spent the day with underprivileged children, sharing anecdotes and promoting equity through sport.—
David Ferrini,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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The filmmaker’s breakthrough: anchoring the narrative on the eight-year-old Bobo.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
7 July 2025
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While information about what happened trickled out slowly at first, reviewing the detective's narrative of the investigation revealed how the shooter had engaged in a pattern of abuse that culminated in him entering the house party on Ridgecrest Drive and shooting at those inside.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
7 July 2025
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