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genre

[zhahn-ruh, zhahn-ruh] / ˈʒɑn rə, ˈʒɑ̃ rə /


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The novel and others in the genre caught fire in 2022, fueled by the success of “Icebreaker” by British author Hannah Grace.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is especially popular for genres like romance, young adult fiction and "romantasy," often turning older books into sudden bestsellers.

From BBC

The instrument also paved the way to an aesthetics of electricity—feedback, distortion, fuzz, sheer volume—that led to such genres as heavy metal, punk, grunge and shoegaze.

From The Wall Street Journal

A team first-person shooter in the vein of genre classics like "Counter-Strike", "Rainbow Six Siege" is one of Ubisoft's biggest titles, rewarding coordinated tactical play and deft use of destructible environments.

From Barron's

This is how the scores of docuseries and podcasts populating the genre transform actual horror into digestible content.

From Salon