canon
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Tomatoes, for example, first arrived in Italy in the 16th century and were not incorporated into the canon of that country’s cuisine until more than two centuries later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Rather than serving as "an impartial chronographic work," the researchers suggest it may instead have functioned as "a legitimizing canon of kings, which was periodically updated to remove short-lived or parallel Neo-Assyrian rulers."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
She’s also noticed that declining emphasis on the Western canon of literature has brought on a new, bookish tribalism.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Although Quenda joins a canon of great Sporting wingers, including Ronaldo, Luis Figo and Nani, his former coach believes he most closely resembles Arsenal and England forward Bukayo Saka.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
His lyric, among the most famous in the Nahuatl canon, answers its own question: Not forever on earth; only a little while here.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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