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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodramas
Noun
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Audiences will come back to theaters for high-concept comedies that speak to a lot of people, like The Hangover or Wedding Crashers.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025 -
Game night flies by in a montage — the crutch of comedies that can’t sustain conversations and jokes at the same time (or, to be fair, feel crunched for time).—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The performers in the touring casts of Broadway musicals often follow strikingly similar paths from high school to hit show — hours spent practicing show tunes with vocal coaches, years of dance classes, roles in a dozen amateur musical theater productions.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In some ways, Doug’s death signaled two tragedies, as Sage’s grand romance also came to a climax and an end over the course of Gen V’s season two finale.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Greek tragedies, Roman philosophy, African American literature, global masterpieces—these are not dusty relics.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Melodramas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodramas. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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