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canonical

adjective as in accepted, recognized

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Johnny Cash recorded his canonical version at 70, a cover now synonymous with a lion in winter starting down the grave.

On May 4, Star Wars Day, he mocked a White House post featuring an AI-generated image of Trump holding a red lightsaber, the canonical weapon of the franchise’s villains.

The diocese said it was Rome's decision to shelve the case without a full canonical trial and that it conducted a preliminary investigation.

From BBC

But I knew Joyce and I would have to have another rendezvous when I wasn’t in such a rush to check a canonical box.

The "hobbling" scene—she uses a sledgehammer to break Paul’s ankles—elevated her to canonical b***h status: a cunning, brutal and mercurial harridan who hides her malice behind a folksy façade.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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