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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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Primary Zoning Contact Corrie Sharp said Tuesday that the city received one verified request for quotation from AECOM Hunt and Powers and Sons Construction working together.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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The series retains its fondness for rapid-fire, near-impenetrable finance jargon and for ostentatious literary quotations—the product, we’re meant to assume, of the characters’ otherwise wasted Oxbridge educations.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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That context helps the system provide more relevant guidance.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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In that context, historic preservation can be dismissed as sentimental, optional or even indulgent.—
Jennifer N. Pritzker,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The department issued 9,313 traffic citations, up from 7,827 in 2024, and 252 DUI arrests.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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City police issued a citation to the 14-year-old rider for operating an e-bike underage, but no one was charged for the injury to Stotko.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The current practice, calling him up and getting a single quote or sound bite, hardly seems any better.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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One senior European official said Rubio’s speech was a more intellectual articulation of the sound bites that U.S. politicians, including Vance, often make.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Purple passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple%20passage. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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