as in poem
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
wrote many mournful runes after her lover's untimely death
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Recent Examples of rune
That Joyce was Svevo’s English teacher and Borges studied runes.
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Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Reading the runes of the Apple special event invites is always interesting.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The speculation about the new album has been accompanied by a recent revamp of F+TM’s official website, which was wiped and updated with a landing page spotlighting a cryptic rune featuring two capital T’s along with four surrounding moon phases over a picture of a windswept field.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
Combine this with the melee weapon and shield rune upgrades, and players have several strategies to survive the demon horde onslaught.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
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Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Reading the runes of the Apple special event invites is always interesting.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The speculation about the new album has been accompanied by a recent revamp of F+TM’s official website, which was wiped and updated with a landing page spotlighting a cryptic rune featuring two capital T’s along with four surrounding moon phases over a picture of a windswept field.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
Combine this with the melee weapon and shield rune upgrades, and players have several strategies to survive the demon horde onslaught.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rune
Noun
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Instead of tucking her poem away in a notebook, Santos decided to publish it in 2021.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The writer and performer composes poems, short stories and plays that highlight joys and contend with struggles.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The second half of the show opened with Reznor and Ross joined by Boys Noize on the remote stage for the equivalent of live remixes of Nine Inch Nails songs.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
12 Mar. 2026
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In putting the numbers togeher, Moore and the team didn’t want to just recreate the song from the films, but celebrate those numbers as a whole, playing into how each of the films have resonated with audiences around the world.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Rune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rune. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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