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Recent Examples of soap opera
Lars von Trier’s The Kingdom is a soap opera about a hospital where the doctors aren’t good-looking or vibrating with noble sentiment but generally corrupt or insane.
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Adam Thirlwell, The New York Review of Books, 20 Mar. 2025
That led to an embarrassing soap opera for everyone involved.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Comedian Judy Gold, soap opera great Susan Lucci and Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins deliver the monologues with gusto in the show through March 23.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Families are often tangled webs on daytime soap operas.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Adam Thirlwell, The New York Review of Books, 20 Mar. 2025
That led to an embarrassing soap opera for everyone involved.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Comedian Judy Gold, soap opera great Susan Lucci and Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins deliver the monologues with gusto in the show through March 23.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Families are often tangled webs on daytime soap operas.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soap opera
Noun
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One’s interest in any of these answers depends on a tolerance for corn and patience until the musical numbers.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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Look for phrases like whole grain wheat, whole grain oats, whole grain corn and whole grain brown rice on the ingredients list.—
Caroline Hopkins Legaspi,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The toxic sludge is often used as farm fertilizer, thus contaminating both the food chain and public drinking water.—
Carson Swick,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Mar. 2025
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Instead of simply breaking down the sludge, the system turns it into something useful.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Cover crops like millet, sorghum, and black-eyed peas have been successful at the botanic gardens.—
Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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From ramps plucked from the earth in springtime to sorghum squeezed in the fall, its unique culinary identity has been a source of pride and tourism dollars.—
Hanna Raskin,
Southern Living,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Soap opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soap%20opera. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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