theme
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But a lack of control has been a recurring theme this season and Newcastle have dropped more points from winning positions than any other team in the Premier League.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Tech is a recurring theme among the best performers in the past seven days.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
That theme drew its clearest support from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who seemed deeply troubled that the trial judge had never actually performed Step 3 at all.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Riffing on the theme of “Starting Fresh,” there were not one, but three stories from Los Angeles daters that mentioned breaking up over email.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
A longer section of melody that keeps reappearing in the music — for example, in a "theme and variations" — is often called a theme.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing theme
PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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Vocabulary of the Common Core
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