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The disavowal is more likely an example of a “modesty topos,” as a woman in the sixteenth century who published original work would have been considered immoral.

Mexico’s acclaimed searchers, known as topos, or moles, were picking up their gear and leaving the scene.

The workers — specialists known in Mexico as topos, or moles — have drilled a tunnel to gain access to the interior.

The “topics”—topoi in the Greek— are, literally, places.

The national disdain of the “intellectual” is a frequent topos in my writing.