Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purple passages
Noun
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The school alleged in the lawsuit that Phillips’ counsel later sent LAFS a demand letter that included quotations from his conversations with Heavener and Tammy Elliott, the school’s president.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
23 Sep. 2025 -
The internet has long been awash with fake quotations attributed to prominent personalities.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The team seeks to understand the motivations, contexts, and constraints that shape human actions.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
17 Oct. 2025
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This represents a more explicit approach than the February policy change, which allowed erotica in certain contexts but lacked age-gating infrastructure.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Press mentions, quality backlinks and the frequency of my proprietary frameworks’ citations indicate whether our narrative is resonating and relevant.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Traffic citations matching the crash identify the driver as 17-year-old Vincent Battiloro, who the Niotis family says had been stalking Maria for three months.—
Eric Shawn,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Purple passages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple%20passages. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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