motif
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Long Beach’s R&B savant Giveon kept his Coachella stage to a monochrome motif during his sundown set.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Using Arirang as its central motif struck them as too deliberate.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
The team noted that this hand stencil stands out as a unique variation of a common motif.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
Lest we forget, the Iraq War–era jingoism that inflected American pop culture at the time was also a fundamental motif of the 2000s internet.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
Nehemia still sat with the queen, wearing a gold-and-turquoise mask with a lotus motif.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
Vocabulary lists containing motif
Poetry: Literary Devices
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 4
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Vocabulary to Describe Literary Devices
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