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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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Additionally, several quotations attributed to the cited judicial opinions were phony and did not accurately represent those materials.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2025
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And this company took three months to give me the quotation for a simple BMX handlebar.—
Elizabeth Mendez,
CBS News,
6 May 2025
Noun
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To offer some context, there are 74 games in an IPL season.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Same Instinct, Different Canvas Personalization isn’t new; the context is.—
Brett Braley,
Robb Report,
18 June 2025
Noun
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In 1983, Ellison was awarded a distinguished service citation by the University of Kansas Alumni Association.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2025
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Instead, officers must visually observe a driver speeding in order to issue a citation.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Most companies don’t like to promote their failures, and canceling Police Squad was undeniably a dumb move, so ABC/Disney is unlikely to want to resurrect the kind of sound bites like in the article linked above.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
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Slamming Trump is Democrats’ favorite hobby, and whipping up a frenzy over retirement funds and Social Security payments makes for good sound bites aimed at the base.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2025
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“Purple passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple%20passage. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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