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  • noun Plural form of significance.

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  • As we will see in chapter 4, many other significances were attributed to the papagalli and their cages.

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • The YNSTRILT Fallacy is distinguishable, however, by its essentialism -- its implicit or explicit assertion that all such significances are and can only be Import Artifices. posted by Hal Duncan | 10: 26 PM

    Archive 2009-03-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • Having observed the 9/11 anniversary this week, it's worthwhile to pause and recall the multiple significances of September 11th, the birthdays and anniversaries that remind us of life and hope amidst tragedy.

    Anil Mundra: 9/11 Anniversary: Commemorations Of A Better Future Anil Mundra 2011

  • He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances.

    To Build A Fire 2010

  • Having observed the 9/11 anniversary this week, it's worthwhile to pause and recall the multiple significances of September 11th, the birthdays and anniversaries that remind us of life and hope amidst tragedy.

    Anil Mundra: 9/11 Anniversary: Commemorations Of A Better Future Anil Mundra 2011

  • The YNSTRILT Fallacy is distinguishable, however, by its essentialism -- its implicit or explicit assertion that all such significances are and can only be Import Artifices. posted by Hal Duncan | 10: 26 PM

    Arguing With Geeks 10 Hal Duncan 2009

  • Such significances will be characterised as Import Artifices, the perceived meanings disregarded as spurious products of an ISM or some other biasing factor.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances.

    To Build a Fire 2010

  • Such significances will be characterised as Import Artifices, the perceived meanings disregarded as spurious products of an ISM or some other biasing factor.

    Arguing With Geeks 10 Hal Duncan 2009

  • Ralph Fiennes's modern-dress Coriolanus boasts top-class performances, not least from its muscled-up, scar-spangled director in the lead, but it reaches clumsily for elusive modern significances.

    Berlin film festival – review 2011

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