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problem play

NOUN
theater of the absurd
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“We should be in unison about the primary, and we should let this other problem play itself out.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

We have seen this problem play out in the geopolitical context within the past few weeks.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2022

Staging this Shakespearean problem play is tantamount to a provocation these days.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2022

Instead, they let the problem play out to see what they could learn about it before fixing it.

From The Verge ● Apr. 6, 2020

The play is in a sense a problem play, though to most modern readers the tragedy of its ending is all too horrible a consequence of the sin.

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Helen Archibald Clarke




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