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Recent Examples of rondel
But the showstoppers are the windows: high, arched, and set with leaded glass that includes rondels of colorful scenes (a white castle under attack by griffins, a golden lion wearing a tiny golden crown).
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 Jan. 2023
Some store fronts are embellished with elaborate sculptures, like a rondel depicting a pair of women exchanging scandalous gossip.
—New York Times, 20 May 2022
Testifying to flexible convictions, the Morgan show includes a rondel painting by Holbein, circa 1532, of Erasmus’s thin-faced, pointy-nosed mien, and also a small portrayal, circa 1535, of Luther’s most efficacious disciple, Philipp Melanchthon.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
Crown of Emara features a meaty double rondel that sprawls across two central boards.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2018
The Asian rondel is a coffee table top that originally belonged to Jen’s grandmother but had become too fragile to stand on its own.
—Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 3 May 2017
Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 Jan. 2023
Some store fronts are embellished with elaborate sculptures, like a rondel depicting a pair of women exchanging scandalous gossip.
—New York Times, 20 May 2022
Testifying to flexible convictions, the Morgan show includes a rondel painting by Holbein, circa 1532, of Erasmus’s thin-faced, pointy-nosed mien, and also a small portrayal, circa 1535, of Luther’s most efficacious disciple, Philipp Melanchthon.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
Crown of Emara features a meaty double rondel that sprawls across two central boards.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2018
The Asian rondel is a coffee table top that originally belonged to Jen’s grandmother but had become too fragile to stand on its own.
—Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 3 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rondel
Noun
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The Eater line is a partnership between Heritage and the food site that launched last year, but six new pieces were added this year, including a mini sauté pan ($120) and a roomy six-quart rondeau pan ($180) that’s perfect for searing, pan roasting, and simmering.—
BYChris Morris,
Fortune,
27 Nov. 2024
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The set includes a saucepan, saucier, frying pan, and 5.2-quart rondeau.—
Molly Allen,
Southern Living,
12 Aug. 2024
Noun
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This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.—
Janet Kusterer,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
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The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St. Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Elongated and paved with bricks, the path is a closed form, a kind of physical villanelle that thwarts the experience of continuity or the feeling of finitude.—
Hamilton Cain,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 Mar. 2023
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Susan Kinsolving’s villanelle obsessively circles the same two rhymes, keeping pace with the anxiety of a mind trying to cope.—
Clare Bucknell,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2020
Noun
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Almost too passionately anguished, Austen is a sonnet played on the fortepiano, while Winslet is Liszt banged out on a Steinway.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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The poem was published in Shakespeare’s 1609 quarto of 154 sonnets, which wasn’t widely popular in its day.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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On Jewish holidays, the Hallel prayer is recited in Shul as a psalm of praise and thanksgiving and collective expression of gratitude for GDs miracles.—
Rafael James,
Sun Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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We're bound by the same beliefs, the same psalms, and the same sacred pursuit of liberty.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
11 June 2025
Noun
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The poem was written before Gelman’s own son and pregnant daughter-in-law were kidnapped in the Dirty War.—
Julia M. Klein,
The Atlantic,
11 July 2025
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The way Superman's origin has seeped into the zeitgeist is akin to how legends like the ancient Mesopotamian epic poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh, have many versions throughout history and eventually influenced other myths.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
7 July 2025
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Everyone has a right to define the artist in special terms, and to attempt an epigram that will make a reality out of a convenient term.—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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It’s been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, epigrams, parables; the skeleton of every great story.—
Jann E. Freed,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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This whiskey is an ode to American travel and industry.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The restaurant is chef Nicolas Min Jørgensen’s ode to regional flavors achieved by expert sourcing and a palpable love for the area.—
Liz Provencher,
Travel + Leisure,
12 July 2025
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“Rondel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rondel. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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