dramatis personae

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In one respect, the dramatis personae in Kananaskis helps.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

Compounding the uneasiness, the ensemble introduces the dramatis personae in strokes that can seem unnecessarily broad.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2023

This is an overwhelming dramatis personae — one that spans not just the globe but a number of ideologies, types of government and two centuries.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2020

The dramatis personae are you, me, all of us.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2020

In the case of marrying, the dramatis personae include the person being married and the person doing the marrying.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker