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pastiche

[pa-steesh, pah-] / pæˈstiʃ, pɑ- /


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With a jazzy score fixed atop its ’60s-era mod-cartoon opening sequence, “Propeller One-Way Night Coach” makes no effort to disguise its pastiche.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2026

He was the runner-up in 2022, armed with the cunning plan of writing a good song – the 70s glam rock pastiche Space Man – and being good at performing it.

From BBC May 17, 2026

The postwar period is rife with big names who used brands as both a pastiche of and paean to America’s consumer culture: Richard Prince, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Eduardo Paolozzi and—king of them all—Andy Warhol.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

Both foes imagine a self-consciously cinematic scene, something audiences themselves assumed Tarantino would then deliver with gusto exactly as they described — isn’t that the hipster pastiche he’s after?

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2025

She decided we should go for a pastiche of rocker looks, rather than trying to copy any one artist.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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