Richard Corliss

Starring Russell Crowe as the Patron of the First Ark, 'Noah' had affronted some Christian literalists with its giant rock men, its weird visions, and the occasionally dark motives of its protagonist. But the film corralled enough religious leaders, including Pope Francis (with whom Crowe snagged an audience), to salve canonical objections.

American Writer

Jay Parini

Who was Jesus anyway? After twenty centuries, there is not much anyone can agree on. The four canonical gospels don't measure up to modern standards of biographical writing, and - outside of this material - there is precious little contemporary evidence, apart from a few glancing mentions of Jesus or the movement centered on him.

Terry Teachout

It's certainly no secret that American students are taught less and less about the canonical literary masterpieces of the past, and there is no shortage of people who believe that what little they're required to learn in school is still too much.

American Critic

Hari Kunzru

These days we're all hyper-aware of the canonical way in which stories are supposed to play out - people are taught all about three-act scripting and where to put the reversal and all of that - and I think we can do more interesting narratives.

British Novelist

Matt Mullenweg

The Google Voice service is a lifesaver for me. My actual phone number changes a lot, so having a canonical Google Voice number that doesn't change - it's actually my same number from high school - is indispensable.

American Businessman

Balaji Srinivasan

Virtually every major technology has an initial spike of interest, then a dip, and then a long-term rise to success. The dot-com bubble is the canonical example, but there are many more.

Tokenization applies to scarce assets. Today, the most appropriate thing to tokenize is something that's purely digital. Bitcoin and ethereum are the canonical.

Neil MacGregor

For the Greeks, there was no single canonical version of creation, but a number of overlapping stories.

British Historian

Describes the most respected way to do something, often in a field like math or science.

Recognized Method

Refers to something widely accepted and used as a model or benchmark.

Established Standard

Specific to church laws, often relating to Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox traditions.

Church-Related

Extends to church laws not necessarily found in scripture but developed over time.

Beyond the Bible

Indicates an idea or concept generally accepted as a foundational truth in academic settings.

Accepted Principle

Highlights ideas that go against what is typically accepted, showing innovative or critical thinking.

Non-Canonical Challenge

In technology, denotes a simplified and universally recognized format or method.

Simplification in Tech

Refers to a specific, standardized way of writing code or structuring data.

Standard Format

 made to stand on a canonical platform and made to celebrate the festival of tsukimi where you will be given poems to read in honor of the moon in the passage of time and the frailty of life that it should remind us of you'll be handed rice cakes and the moon and the reflection on the moon will have a secure place in your heart that's very

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 you will be ordered out of your home, made to stand on a canonical platform and made to celebrate the festival of Tsukimi, where you will be given poems to read in honor of the Moon and the passage of time and the frailty of life that it should remind us of. You'll be handed rice cakes. And the Moon and the reflection on the Moon

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 that's said to be oxidized. So where these places meet, this pole and these boundaries of the battery, that's where energy can be harvested. So, the deep sea is our best opportunity to find new types of metabolism. And there are sort of three canonical categories over the last few decades

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