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Recent Examples of fandom
Is Rewritten Havas Play managing partner Andrea Isaac and SVP Juliet Tierney said that fandom is no longer siloed by category.
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Kennedy French, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
There’s a serious fandom growing around videocassettes, one that includes such directors as Jane Schoenbrun and Alex Ross Perry.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
There’s a knowledge base within the fandom that wasn’t there before, which increases the bar to wow people….
—Leena Tailor, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
The question of whether or not Nate was the real villain remains rampant within The Devil Wears Prada fandom.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
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Kennedy French, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
There’s a serious fandom growing around videocassettes, one that includes such directors as Jane Schoenbrun and Alex Ross Perry.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
There’s a knowledge base within the fandom that wasn’t there before, which increases the bar to wow people….
—Leena Tailor, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
The question of whether or not Nate was the real villain remains rampant within The Devil Wears Prada fandom.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fandom
Noun
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In the process, however, one of the big distinguishing aspects of TV – the large audiences who once assembled to watch dramas, sitcoms and reality shows – has eroded.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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Applause during a joint session is usually an awkward and partisan art; at the recent State of the Union, Vance and Johnson stood like professional opera clappers behind the President as Democrats in the audience shook their heads.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The cult of Santa Muerte could, of course, be said to be in the thrall of that fantasy, but the same could be said of the cult’s main antagonist, the Catholic Church, which has vociferously denounced the movement.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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The cult status Drain Gang commands online has created an inscrutable, near-mythical air around its members.—
Harry Thorfinn-George,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Fandom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fandom. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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