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[mod-ern] / ˈmɒd ərn /


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The Journal’s Ellen Gamerman details the excruciating delight of a modern day trip to the apple orchard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Paul Mackenzie said education was forbidden and modern medicine was "evil"

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“The only thing I could see was this ugly modern garage at the back,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Here we are, two decades on, watching her documentary further cement Sofia’s film as the modern classic it is.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The modern cornstalks already were as tall as his knees while the traditional ones were barely seedlings.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young


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