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Recent Examples of purple passage
Writers inevitably fall in love with their more purple passages.
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Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purple passage
Noun
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Students occupied the building and hung banners with mocking quotations from Horkheimer.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Lowbrow sources such as Sunday funnies, B movies, and advertisements are present but are more diffuse, rarely coalescing into obvious quotation.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Gleaning from context clues, French fries is season 8’s code for hand and/or mouth stuff.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
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That context appeared central to Ossoff's message.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
Noun
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Oh, and that’s not counting a potential $70,000 in citation revenue from drivers who overstay their time.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
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But in March, environmental authorities seized 550 head of cattle and issued 21 citations, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
Noun
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There was this fascinating sound bite after the season from Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens, too.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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That recording is then used by broadcast voice actors to create a sound bite for the commencement.—
Kendall Staton The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2026
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“Purple passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple%20passage. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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