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Recent Examples of prose
Books provide patterns of speech, prose and proper grammar, among other things.
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Dale Nelson, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
And the vibes were somewhere between downtown book launch and conceptual prank, as On the Rag — L.A.’s buzzy new literary tabloid — celebrated its arrival at Night Gallery with a cigarette-clouded bash full of poetry, prose and potting soil.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
His prose style hasn’t matured either, thank heavens.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 19 May 2025
His prose style is masterful and humorously conversational.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025
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Dale Nelson, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
And the vibes were somewhere between downtown book launch and conceptual prank, as On the Rag — L.A.’s buzzy new literary tabloid — celebrated its arrival at Night Gallery with a cigarette-clouded bash full of poetry, prose and potting soil.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
His prose style hasn’t matured either, thank heavens.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 19 May 2025
His prose style is masterful and humorously conversational.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prose
Adjective
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This was an obtuse and unpoetic diktat, a showy way to miss the fact that a song’s history—its use over time, by real people, inspired by the exigencies of ritual and action—can inform its meaning more than its mere lyrics ever could.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2022
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Atlanta and its suburbs are a surprisingly Whitmanesque experiment in pluralism, in which unpoetic concrete strip malls substitute for lyrical spears of summer grass.—
Sanjena Sathian,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2021
Adjective
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Along with more prosaic creatures bound for miners’ dinner plates, the arriving ships brought entertainment in the form of exotic creatures.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Sep. 2025
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The more prosaic story is classic scientific self-correction.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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America seems unlikely to be made great again by the demagogues of white nationalism, who cannot help but channel fury over irreversible decline at those who have been working hard, through either literal or spiritual immigration, to become American.—
Pankaj Mishra,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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It’s designed for discovery, and those who follow the cues are rewarded at every literal turn.—
Ashlee Marie Preston,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Prose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prose. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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