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as in topic
a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)
this dance piece deals with the timeless themes of birth and death
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as in article
a short piece of writing done as a school exercise
please write a one page theme on the main character of this book
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as in essay
a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view
the magazine will award a scholarship to the student who writes the best theme on the concept of personal freedom
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Recent Examples of theme
Sanders' post echoes a consistently Christian theme that the family has exuded throughout the situation.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Rather than encourage students to make meaningful connections between the lives of fictional characters and their own, the New Critics taught them to search for structure, symbolism, and theme.
—Alexander Manshel, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
Shah hopes audiences will take away several themes from the film.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
The rest of the exhibition comprises new works exploring celestial themes, which is particularly apt given one of the community’s myths: that women used to live in the sky as stars and would travel down to earth on woven chaguar ropes to dine on fishermen’s catch.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Rather than encourage students to make meaningful connections between the lives of fictional characters and their own, the New Critics taught them to search for structure, symbolism, and theme.
—Alexander Manshel, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
Shah hopes audiences will take away several themes from the film.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
The rest of the exhibition comprises new works exploring celestial themes, which is particularly apt given one of the community’s myths: that women used to live in the sky as stars and would travel down to earth on woven chaguar ropes to dine on fishermen’s catch.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for theme
Noun
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Promotion had been the hot topic of conversation for days in North Wales.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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The Kansas City Star 816-234-4431 Eric Adler, at The Star since 1985, has the luxury of writing about any topic or anyone, focusing on in-depth stories about people at both the center and on the fringes of the news.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
26 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article 3 min Meghan Markle stopped to smell the roses on Sunday with her two children.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article When CVS Health Corp. acquired Aetna Inc. in 2018, the pharmacy giant agreed to keep the health insurer’s headquarters in Hartford for at least a decade and create a center of excellence around its new insurance business.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2025
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Along with Marcus Aurelius, Seneca is likely the best known of the Stoic philosophers, and his Letters From A Stoic continues to be a relevant essay almost 2,000 years after publication.—
Theodore McDarrah,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the celebrated documentary No Other Land, has published a new essay about being beaten and degraded by Israeli settlers, then blindfolded and detained at an army base, just weeks after winning an Academy Award.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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Another motif of this season is how many of these directors’ later films are not readily available.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2025
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That space wraps around to a fireside den with a desk and a window seat, plus a dining area that has a buffet topped with custom leaded-glass panels sporting a butterfly and hummingbird motif.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
22 Apr. 2025
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The rosters On paper, there are a lot of similarities between these two clubs and how they’re built.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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If a majority is not met, then the ballot papers will be added to a mixture of potassium perchlorate, anthracene and sulfur to create the black smoke.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
3 May 2025
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In a subsequent filing for his nomination, Isaacman disclosed four civil casino cases: the two described above, plus another from the Taj Mahal and one from the Trump Plaza, a source familiar with the matter said.—
Karen Freifeld,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Holdings is in discussions with investors to raise about $20 billion, Bloomberg News reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.—
Vinay Dwivedi,
CNBC,
26 Apr. 2025
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Then, after young mothers and children who had just arrived shared their stories, the Holy Father returned to the sister who had been mentioned before.—
Mireya Villarreal,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Thailand has emerged as a key player in this shift, deploying its first AI police robot during the chaotic Songkran festival, a move that raises critical questions about safety, privacy and the role of technology in society.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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From cutting off government contracts to raising questions about security clearances, the administration has sharpened its tools to challenge the legal industry’s influence — moves that critics call retaliatory and defenders describe as an overdue assertion of executive power.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
3 May 2025
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“Theme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/theme. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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