locus classicus

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Noun
  • The theatrical paradigm is slowed, extended and occasionally reversed by the circumstance.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • The graphical user interface, which Apple popularized, adapted that file-and-folder paradigm into an abstraction of a desktop, where users would click and move those files around.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • However, Edward stepping down from being monarch, choosing love over duty to the crown, was far from the first instance of a royal renouncing their title.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • He’s followed by 50 Cent with 15 such instances, and Justin Bieber, who has done so 11 times throughout his career.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • For example, her grandmother is justifying a need to obtain a Russian passport to gain access to the health care and social services, said Maria.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 July 2025
  • Media personality Bo Dietl, for example, is teaming up with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to raise $10 million through an outside group to challenge Mamdani, the Wall Street Journal reported.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • For several weeks, Cook and clergy members from a cross section of religions have been showing up at courtrooms in Orange County, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego to stand with immigrants during their deportation hearings.
    Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
  • It’s been 17 years since tainted blood thinner from China injured or killed hundreds of people in the United States, and since then, contaminants and other defects have appeared in a cross section of America’s generic drugs.
    Brandon Roberts, ProPublica, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • The warning required immediate action by Orange County Global, which contracted with a vendor that same day to process the untested specimens.
    Scott Schwebke, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
  • The collection of specimens is kept at the Beckman Center for Conservation Research near the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • General admission tickets are $25 for entry to the event at 1 p.m. Tickets include admission, three taco tickets plus five margarita samples.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
  • Water samples will be tested in Northwest Arkansas, rather than Little Rock, to speed up the process.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • The film didn’t perform well, but the soundtrack has become a cult classic, and now, The Pick of Destiny has become a commercial success.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • During a stay, guests are privy to elaborate breakfast spreads that present Mexican classics like huevos rancheros and chilaquiles in the highest quality manner with ingredients sourced from traditional markets around the city.
    Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • This looks to be a pre-release model, but one that has advanced beyond the basic prototype stage.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
  • The first prototypes, Coyote Rovers, started as Boston Dynamics Spot robots.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025
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“Locus classicus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locus%20classicus. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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