thematically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Costume designer Maya Edmond dresses Big Ant thematically: white tees when he’s trying to be good, black duds when his demons are winning and comic book-y jailbird stripes during his pivotal teenage arrest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries organize much of the collection around oceans and the cultural exchanges they enabled, while Tate Modern has long arranged its displays thematically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The long story short is that we haven’t traveled very far thematically since Thomas Jefferson said that timid men prefer despotism — although that was around 250 years ago.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
The idea of play is central to this thematically arranged exhibition, organized by guest curator Dexter Wimberly with the ICA’s Tessa Bachi Haas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In between the discovery of the clues, Steve plays a series of games — mini-puzzles — with the audience that are thematically related to the overall puzzle.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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