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scene

[seen] / sin /


NOUN
part of a dramatic performance
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One of the biggest names on the Los Angeles social scene gets into the hottest clubs and lands the coolest brand deals despite arriving in town just over a year ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Passers-by dialled 999 with both police and ambulances called to the scene.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

While Moon’s frequently sold-out mattress store offering has clearly made a splash on the L.A. wellness scene — it’s not the only one.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

There’s a scene in the 1981 Bill Murray film Stripes where a solider introduces himself to his colleagues as “Psycho,” though his real name is Francis.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Penelope had tried to conjure the scene so many times that she no longer could tell what was memory and what was simply her own imagined version of the day.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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