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canon

[kan-uhn] / ˈkæn ən /


NOUN
a body of the most important, influential or superior works in music, literature, or art
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The part of me that’s a sucker for goal-setting and self-transformation also wondered: What if, rather than reject the parenting canon, I were to embrace it?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Families need to read aloud together again to build children’s affection for books and to build a shared library—a family canon to inform the character of a home.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

These geeks – a term I use lovingly, for the most part – protected the notion of canon as fiercely as their lunchbox collections.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Levy was shaped by the fragmentary canon while writing “Flat Earth.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

The Ethiopian Orthodox Bible is made up of the largest canon of any Bible in print in the modern world.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley




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