How to Use canon in a Sentence

canon

noun
  • And in this song, this was like canon for us.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2026
  • What happens next is canon to the games.
    — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • As the word implies, for some fans, canon is no less than holy writ.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But these were always niche and hidden away from the main canon.
    — Matthew Razak, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • By far the most playful and self-aware entry in the stop canon.
    — Jessica Gentile, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
  • So these five novels are a kind of canon for the friendship breakup.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Is Harley Quinn going to be canon?
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • That’s our medium to define the canon now, which is wild to think about.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024
  • This canon event begs so many questions that my brain struggles to bear the weight of them.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 28 July 2023
  • Belichick couldn’t put his pride and his canon aside to sign Hopkins.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • Still, very few spooky movies have snuck their way into the Christmas movie canon.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025
  • The movie has become a cult classic of the rom-com canon in the years since its premiere.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Or, on the other hand, how many scenes in the canon depict farting (not a lot of them).
    — Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
  • There will be many new ones in the future and there is certainly a huge canon of them from the past.
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • But Blanc’s canon isn’t the only person Jeff can pull off.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 June 2026
  • So the question of what is or isn’t canon has been the topic of much discussion.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Amazon also announced that the series will be part of the same canon as the video games.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2023
  • One is a symphony, and the other a simple canon.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Whatever its origin, the drink has earned its place in the cocktail canon.
    — Rachel Gurjar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 May 2026
  • Such lists and canons will always be flawed, partial, and contested.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This timeline is not considered canon.
    — Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
  • That has been true as stars have looked to the canon of art history for inspiration.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
  • As a result, its script is one of the least developed in his theatrical canon.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Lila and Elena may be the most important text in the friendship breakup canon.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Pharmercy fans will have to wait longer for their relationship to be enshrined in canon.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 May 2023
  • Breaking into the Christmas canon isn't easy.
    — Alex Galbraith, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
  • That felt like a big responsibility to take on, to change it from what is canon and what is lore.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 27 June 2026
  • That’s not Baldwin, whose inclusion in the canon is rare as a Black man.
    — June Thomas, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • The old tradition that the bride’s parents should cover the whole bill is no longer nuptial canon.
    — Virginia Van Zanten, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
  • An essential new entry in both artists’ canons—and for an essential cause.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023

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