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Recent Examples of morality play
Treat the Rio Grande dispute as a morality play and tariffs feel satisfying.
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Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
There are visual references to refugees, immigrants, medieval morality plays, New Orleans funerals.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Lee’s lively reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime drama High and Low just seeks to stage an entertaining morality play.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
But the Ring of Honor isn’t about morality plays or personality contests.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
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Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
There are visual references to refugees, immigrants, medieval morality plays, New Orleans funerals.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Lee’s lively reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime drama High and Low just seeks to stage an entertaining morality play.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
But the Ring of Honor isn’t about morality plays or personality contests.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morality play
Noun
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Their position ignored the Ukrainian perspective on the issue, thus excluding Ukrainians as the affected party from understanding and communicating current and historical narratives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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In-line guidance did little to change that narrative, which has been hurting the stock.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Greek mythology became a North Star for understanding very complicated characters in my own life.—
Jason Parham,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Trends like it are too fleeting to support the kind of mythology that The Moment tries to graft onto it.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Emily Mendenhall traces the medical myths, gender bias, and neurological truths behind hysteria, one of history’s most damaging diagnoses.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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The myth is that constant availability is productive when the data suggests otherwise.—
Dilan Gomih,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Morality play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morality%20play. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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