canon
Example Sentences
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Violetta, who could not join polite society, now reigns in the canon.
Meatloaf is the most underrated order in the steakhouse canon.
From Salon
If you’re new to her work, here is where to start with Groff’s sprawling canon, which spans from steamy Florida swamps to medieval abbeys with a gift for the unexpected.
From Los Angeles Times
“Rumpelstiltskin” is surely one of the more peculiar tales in the Brothers Grimm canon.
For generations, this imposing photograph of a clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln—age 51 and at the crest of newfound national fame—inexplicably remained an orphan in the Lincoln visual canon.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
