as in plays
a written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage
wrote a police drama that really captured the speech of cops and criminals
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Recent Examples of dramas
Tracy discusses how his career has evolved to encompass podcasting and audio dramas in addition to traditional TV and film projects.
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
The juries overseeing the dramas and documentaries in the official selection have also been unveiled.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
By the end of the decade, the number of political films had gone down substantially, while dramas made up nearly half of all films and comedies saw only a slight decline (49 percent).
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The great Bard of Pittsburgh wrote dramas about the African-American experience in every decade of the last century.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
The great Bard of Pittsburgh wrote dramas about the African American experience in every decade of the last century, of course.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
There’s another way in which micro-dramas have flipped the script.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
April 25 sees the addition of three excellent dramas, most notably 1939's Confessions of a Nazi Spy, the first anti-Reich movie made by a Hollywood studio.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
That’s not because our tolerance for stoner comedies, or even dramas, has gone up.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
The juries overseeing the dramas and documentaries in the official selection have also been unveiled.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
By the end of the decade, the number of political films had gone down substantially, while dramas made up nearly half of all films and comedies saw only a slight decline (49 percent).
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The great Bard of Pittsburgh wrote dramas about the African-American experience in every decade of the last century.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
The great Bard of Pittsburgh wrote dramas about the African American experience in every decade of the last century, of course.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
There’s another way in which micro-dramas have flipped the script.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
April 25 sees the addition of three excellent dramas, most notably 1939's Confessions of a Nazi Spy, the first anti-Reich movie made by a Hollywood studio.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
That’s not because our tolerance for stoner comedies, or even dramas, has gone up.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramas
Noun
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Lots of people don’t realize how much stylistic variety Wilson baked into his ten major plays, some of which are written in the mode of realism, others more akin to Greek tragedy.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Lots of people don’t realize how much stylistic variety Wilson baked into his 10 major plays, some of which are written in the mode of realism, others more akin to Greek tragedy.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Because San Diego is one of the biggest creators of new plays and musicals in the United States, the new musical and play categories were the highlights of the evening.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The performers in the touring casts of Broadway musicals often follow strikingly similar paths from high school to hit show — hours spent practicing show tunes with vocal coaches, years of dance classes, roles in a dozen amateur musical theater productions.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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In sixteenth-century Italian pedante comedies, the Latin tutors—always the butt of the joke—are known more for the gaps in their knowledge than for their erudition.—
Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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With Madison Avenue increasingly focused on consumers who watch their favorite dramas, comedies, sports matches, movies and reality programs via streaming services, traditional TV ads are only one thing that will be up for sale at the industry’s annual conference.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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Are there any like dramatizations of his life that exist in TV or film?—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2026
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Nestled between Yo’s recollections of childhood and early adulthood are establishing shots and dramatizations that, at first, can be hard to decipher as having been shot in real spaces or in Fitch’s meticulous 1/3rd scale models.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
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The gallery would dedicate its third exhibition to Smith, presenting two monumental works by the artist made in the mid-1960s and early ’70s.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Those are real-life examples of recent scams plaguing the publishing industry that target authors’ wallets and original works.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Dramas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramas. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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