canon
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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
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
Graham may have finally assumed her rightful place in the newspaper-movie canon, but we’re still left to ponder her absence from the most iconic journalism movie of the 20th century.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Perhaps the disappearance of history’s icons from a depreciating currency isn’t a fatal blow to the canon of British culture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
It was, at the time, the classic American canon, but also what Volpe felt like teaching and what he thought we would like.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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