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Recent Examples of prose
The style was archaic, Elizabethan even, not prose and yet not quite poetry.
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Joanna Biggs, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The weird rabid religious compulsion to read Scripture (or the Constitution) like a branch of mathematics, this ostensible allegiance to the Word that is actually terror of it: prose, prose, prose.
—Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Many thriller writers use this to their advantage, switching up their prose style to match the energy of the scene.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
Han, 53, began her career with a group of poems in a South Korean magazine, before making her prose debut in 1995 with a short story collection.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
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Joanna Biggs, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The weird rabid religious compulsion to read Scripture (or the Constitution) like a branch of mathematics, this ostensible allegiance to the Word that is actually terror of it: prose, prose, prose.
—Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Many thriller writers use this to their advantage, switching up their prose style to match the energy of the scene.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
Han, 53, began her career with a group of poems in a South Korean magazine, before making her prose debut in 1995 with a short story collection.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prose
Adjective
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This was an obtuse and unpoetic diktat, a showy way to miss the fact that a song’s history—its use over time, by real people, inspired by the exigencies of ritual and action—can inform its meaning more than its mere lyrics ever could.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2022
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Atlanta and its suburbs are a surprisingly Whitmanesque experiment in pluralism, in which unpoetic concrete strip malls substitute for lyrical spears of summer grass.—
Sanjena Sathian,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2021
Adjective
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On more prosaic fronts, too, the film is patchy, with multiple subplots drifting erratically in and out of view, and an uneven quartet of central performances.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
21 May 2025
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Recognizing that more prosaic reality — while looking to at least buy his way towards his daughter’s good graces — our poet soon accepts a teaching gig at a local high-school.—
Ben Croll,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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Which is to say nothing of the literal value of developing homegrown careers — tens of millions of euros potentially.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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When compounded by phone tag, these gaps risk worsening conditions — making strategic communication a literal lifeline.—
John Samuels,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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“Prose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prose. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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