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paean

[pee-uhn] / ˈpi ən /


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His magnificent memoir is a paean to human agency a century before Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

It’s a wistful, country-folk paean that offers both a wry yet realistic assessment of the disposition of collections someone leaves the planet.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

C. Thi Nguyen considers that possibility in “The Score,” a paean to all kinds of games, from Risk to Super Mario Bros.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Emerging bluesman Sammie plays a song he wrote as a confession to his pastor father, a paean to the music he loves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

Then girls and boys joined in, and finally the other schools added their cheers to the paean of praise that sent Bobby back to the gym. building with a delightful glow at her heart.

From The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League by Gertrude W. Morrison




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