1
as in apostolic
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as in authoritative
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Recent Examples of canonical
That tension between wanting commercial success and also achieving canonical greatness is something that all artists feel in all media and all art forms.
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
However, here, too, Pope Francis streamlined procedures, urging the cardinals to advance the start of the conclave if all the electors are already in the Vatican before the canonical 15 days.
—Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter VI, the next installment in his canonical series, will arrive on June 6.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
In game theory, there are two types of canonical games.
—Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
However, here, too, Pope Francis streamlined procedures, urging the cardinals to advance the start of the conclave if all the electors are already in the Vatican before the canonical 15 days.
—Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter VI, the next installment in his canonical series, will arrive on June 6.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
In game theory, there are two types of canonical games.
—Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canonical
Adjective
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In 2014, the university awarded Prevost, then the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, an honorary doctor of humanities.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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By 2014, Prevost was back in Peru after Pope Francis appointed him apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and later the bishop of Chiclayo.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Sharing these private details will be challenging, since authoritative Saturn and confusing Neptune will corner the sun over the next few days.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
27 May 2025
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One 2022 study found that children raised with an authoritative parenting style were more likely to achieve academically.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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Admittedly, the papal conclave is unique in the selection of a successor.—
Jennifer J. Fondrevay,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Prevost, 69, and chose Pope Leo XIV as his papal name.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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On November 14, 2019, the town of Suffield issued an order for the dog to be humanely euthanized by a licensed veterinarian.—
John J. Houlihan Jr,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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She is also being supervised under terms of probation after pleading guilty to a separate charge of unlawfully carrying a gun into a licensed liquor establishment.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
24 May 2025
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These are easy do-it-ourselves things that don’t require calling in a certified arborist, although that’s always a great idea if the wheels start to come off.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 May 2025
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Demoing the move above is Maggi Gao, CPT, a certified kettlebell instructor and fitness coach based in New York City.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
16 May 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
Adjective
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Once the customers click on the ads, they are directed to a website that looks just like the legitimate Joann website.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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Coffey is also a good midrange shooter (78th percentile efficiency in 2024-25), which gives him a legitimate counter to when teams try to deploy the fly-by closeout against him.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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The death in 2022 of a young Iranian Kurdish woman in the custody of the morality police for allegedly violating hijab rules sparked Iran's biggest domestic unrest since the 1979 revolution that brought its clerical rulers to power.—
Miranda Murray,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Our problem is with a clerical regime that is behind every problem in the region: Hizballah, Hamas, the Houthis, the militias that have conducted attacks out of Iraq and Syria.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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“Canonical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canonical. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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