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fandom

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as in audience

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Recent Examples of fandom But while longtime members of SVU’s fandom might be swept away by the possibility of sitting at Benson’s desk or strutting around the station’s interrogation rooms, Giddish’s sons think the whole thing is pretty ho-hum. — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026 Vance, who is likely to run for president in 2028, has also been leaning into his sports fandom ahead of the midterm elections while stumping for Husted in his home state. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026 While the Doctor always regenerates, the sci-fi series is over 60-years-old and needs careful management to sustain fandom between TV outings. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026 After the shootings at Columbine High School in 1999, an online fandom emerged, made up of teen-agers obsessed with the perpetrators. — Austin Elias-De Jesus, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fandom

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The shift also comes at a precarious time for audience traffic.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Disabled audiences, artists, and music professionals remain vastly understudied, particularly in the United States.

— Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026

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Among the chief monuments investigated by the Czech mission are the tombs of a man called Sabu and his son Ptahshepses, both of whom were high-ranking officials associated with the cult of Ptah at Memphis.

— Anne Doran for ARTnews, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026
The live-action film was offbeat enough to have gained a cult following in the years since its release, but at the time, was largely regarded as a flop.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026

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