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playlets

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plural of playlet

as in interludes

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Second Line was my mom — her interludes riddled the album with her depiction of what is meant to be a Creole woman in New Orleans.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
In a series of video interludes that break up the performance into acts, Grande plays Peaches, a woman who wants to undergo a procedure to erase her painful memories.

— Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of interludes

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Young adult dramas have always been pivotal to Netflix’s programming.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Serban is known for starring in Alone at My Wedding, selected for the ACID lineup at the Cannes Film Festival, and dramas Gipsy Queen and Housekeeping for Beginners.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of dramas

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With each new season, there has been backlash to creative choices made in the dramatizations of these true crime stories.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
Today, the public largely remembers Holmes through magazine covers, courtroom sketches, documentaries, and television dramatizations.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of dramatizations

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The Wrong Girls channels in equal measure the amiable shagginess of stoner classics like Smiley Face and Pineapple Express and the sunny ditziness of female friendship comedies like Dick or Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Downward Dog also distinguished itself from dozens of broad, jokey, try-hard broadcast comedies with its more laid-back, gentle but never cloying tone.

— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of comedies

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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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