Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purple passages
Noun
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That’s one of the le Carré quotations, which is literal and metaphorical.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026 -
One of the most brutal aspects of this book is reading quotations of the hate mail that families of the teens received.—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There are other contexts in which the Supreme Court has said that Congress needs to specifically authorize, for example, [civil] damages suits before federal officers can be sued for violating the Constitution.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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In addition, the same infrastructure can handle longer contexts for the same cost or additional model inference, such as a retrieval pass that checks facts or a summarizer that tightens answers before delivery.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In this situation, an RV has remained parked on a public street for several months and has received citations related to these violations.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Code enforcement has issued $6,350 citations to the Taxins, as well as Puff Puff Pazz, LLC and Elliot.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Purple passages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple%20passages. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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