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Recent Examples of morality play
In recent years, several of the slender towers on Billionaires’ Row have been afflicted with excessive swaying and creaking, problems that are gleefully treated in the press as morality plays about rising inequality.
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Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
What Nafisi does best, and the reason her work has endured, is precisely to refuse cartoonish portrayals and basic morality plays.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
But the set, in which Dylan played the electric guitar and embraced rock ’n’ roll publicly, was more complicated than a morality play pitting backward folk purists against forward-looking rockers.
—Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Both saw foreign policy as a morality play pitting good against evil.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
What Nafisi does best, and the reason her work has endured, is precisely to refuse cartoonish portrayals and basic morality plays.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
But the set, in which Dylan played the electric guitar and embraced rock ’n’ roll publicly, was more complicated than a morality play pitting backward folk purists against forward-looking rockers.
—Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Both saw foreign policy as a morality play pitting good against evil.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morality play
Noun
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Brand managers can’t control the narrative like in broadcast media.—
Kian Bakhtiari,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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This month, especially when Saturn prepares to exit your sign and enter Aries on May 24, you will be asked to confront the internal narratives that no longer serve you.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Beneath that dizzying madness, McQuarrie introduced a progressively more labyrinthine mythology, knitting the installments together in ways plausible and not, and expanding Hunt from impressive spy to a more elemental force.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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Loosely inspired by the songstresses from Greek mythology, Netflix's Sirens is a funny, moving exploration of femininity and class.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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There are several myths that certain foods are bad for thyroid function, including gluten and cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, brussels sprouts, and cauliflower).—
Patty Weasler,
Verywell Health,
27 May 2025
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Historically, fonio carries deep reverence and myth.—
Osayi Endolyn,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 May 2025
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“Morality play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morality%20play. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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