1
as in apostolic
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as in authoritative
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Recent Examples of canonical
The canonical example is of course our own moon, a decently big chunk of rock that orbits Earth.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
For three minutes each, movie lovers could enter the Criterion Closet truck to rifle through the company’s expansive archive of canonical works, plucking DVD and Blu-ray copies to purchase and take home.
—Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
Crouch used a canonical children’s fantasy movie as allegory for the the legal hurdles the district faced in relation to the proposal to split.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Mar. 2025
Perhaps aware of the canonical nature of Baraka’s play and the pressures that come with adapting it, Gaines fashions The Dutchman as a meta-narrative.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
For three minutes each, movie lovers could enter the Criterion Closet truck to rifle through the company’s expansive archive of canonical works, plucking DVD and Blu-ray copies to purchase and take home.
—Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
Crouch used a canonical children’s fantasy movie as allegory for the the legal hurdles the district faced in relation to the proposal to split.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Mar. 2025
Perhaps aware of the canonical nature of Baraka’s play and the pressures that come with adapting it, Gaines fashions The Dutchman as a meta-narrative.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canonical
Adjective
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What People Are Saying Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, led Wednesday night's gathering, urging the faithful to pray for the pope's swift return to his apostolic mission.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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In 2018, on her 110th birthday, Lucas, who is also the oldest living nun in the world, was honored with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, per Guinness World Records.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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In this authoritative, elegant biography, Daut meticulously combs the torrents of contemporary letters and broadsheets to draw a complex, contradictory portrait of Christophe, also known as King Henry.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The distant therapist Not too long ago, therapists acted like black boxes and authoritative gods.—
David E. Tolchinsky,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2025
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The Monegasque royals are regular visitors to Vatican City, and Prince Albert's wife Charlene has worn both white and black for past papal audiences.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Brits handed their prize to Conclave, which feels like the favorite here, too, since the pacing of its papal politicking is as tight as a drum.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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By and large, adults should always start by educating themselves before consuming any form of marijuana or hemp product and purchase products from licensed and/or regulated facilities.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Tom Jameson is a licensed electrician and the owner of AstroWatt Electric.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Apr. 2025
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Anew Fitness removes these barriers by providing certified trainers who specialize in senior fitness, guiding participants through workouts tailored to their abilities.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The only way to do this is to consume your hardware, software or packages from a manufacturer-category provider or supplier with a certified CE marking.—
Stephanie Domas,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The lime-green Met Gala look, May 2018 Photography Shutterstock Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for 2018’s Met Gala, themed Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination.—
Julia Hobbs,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2024
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Congregations have been disaffiliating by vote in individual episcopal area conferences, and more than 4,000 congregations have already disaffiliated under the law, including 71 previously in Kentucky.—
Caleb Wiegandt,
The Courier-Journal,
5 June 2023
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There must also be a clear distinction between errors made in the course of legitimate military operations and intentionally directing attacks against civilians, which is Hamas' standard practice and a blatant war crime.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Regulators need to document legitimate harm that is caused by these products, and that process can take years.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2025
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The law only allows schools to recognize changes made to birth certificates that were made to correct a clerical error.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act Feenstra also introduced the IRS Math and Taxpayer Help Act, which requires the IRS to change certain notices involving math or clerical errors.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Canonical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canonical. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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