Thesaurus results for RUNES

runes

noun

plural of rune

as in poems

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 runes The suspect's shotgun and notes both featured Nordic runes. —

Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026 The symbol for Bluetooth comes from a combination of two ancient Nordic runes, or symbols, for the king’s initials. —

Shreyas Sen, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026 The hot, scarred night of Mustafar is never-changing, the cave lit by the eternal glow of the ancient runes. —

Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025 Reading the runes of the Apple special event invites is always interesting. —

David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Kang amasses writings from over the course of her career, beginning with her Nobel lecture and reaching deep into her life’s documents, with diaries, poems, and photographs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
Paige Dungan has spent most of her years around books, from being read poems by her mother, to spending more than 20 years marketing books, to writing her own book.

— Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026