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playlets

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plural of playlet

as in interludes

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His warnings contrasted starkly with the brief but glorious interludes of culinary fabulism that punctuated our travel down South.

— Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
And young Bochner is understandably queasy in his delivery of the poetic lines he’s been handed for these same interludes.

— Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

Definition of interludes

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Today, the public largely remembers Holmes through magazine covers, courtroom sketches, documentaries, and television dramatizations.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
For Dreams of Violets, every image and person in the film is AI generated, but the dramatizations are based on journalistic reports, photographs and eyewitness accounts from which AI video models were used.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2026

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Two solid first-year comedies, FX’s The Lowdown and HBO’s I Love LA, were completely shut out, as was network TV’s best hope other than Abbott Elementary, NBC’s The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.

— Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Getty Images The medical drama The Pitt led the Primetime Emmy Awards nominations on Wednesday with 25 nods, while the comedies Hacks was next with 24 and Widow's Bay with 19.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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The school commissions Broadway writers to pen musicals for students each year and recently has added in a new summer musical, where commercial producers can workshop and develop shows.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
Founded in 2007 by Gary and Erin Lewis, the company produces stage musicals year-round, as well as musical readings and youth drama education programs.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026

Definition of musicals

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