genre-busting
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The legacy of the Hollywood String Quartet is a celebration of Hollywood genre-busting and also of string quartet making.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2025
‘Cowboy Carter’ is Beyoncé’s genre-busting foray into country music.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024
It’s been quite a year for Black queer theater, due in large part to the Broadway debut of Michael R. Jackson’s mind-bending, genre-busting musical “A Strange Loop.”
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2022
Thierry Mugler, 73, the outrageous, genre-busting French designer who dominated European runways in the late 1980s and early 1990s, died Jan. 23.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2022
Others followed the genre-busting trajectory of current pop to expand their own home bases: A favorite, for me, is country up-and-comer Tiera’s tender take on Halsey and Marshmello’s banger-ballad “Be Kind.”
From Slate • Dec. 22, 2020
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