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Yet their meanings can be altered simply by changing context or editing a caption.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
In Still Alive, Samay Raina gestures to that fragile balance: how jokes, once released into the online world, can travel far beyond their original context, taking on new meanings, and sometimes carry serious consequences.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Recurring materials in his works held layered meanings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Scientists may measure wavelengths and lexicographers may parse meanings, but the world people see and speak about is always changing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Ifemelu's words had been light, free of shadow, and yet he heard in them the sting of other meanings.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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