canon

Example Sentences

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Violetta, who could not join polite society, now reigns in the canon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Meatloaf is the most underrated order in the steakhouse canon.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

It’s still going to be Professor Barrett at the chalkboard explaining the difference between a substantive canon and a rule of statutory construction.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2026

I also think that a lot of people credit Heathcliff with being in the canon of bad boys.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 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