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The 2023 Approval Matrix Year in Review

Photo: New York Magazine

Our guide to what was highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable in 2023. Tap or click each image below to enlarge.

Photo: Getty Images (rents, hazy, Santos, Adams, rail, Blasio, Cenat)
Photo: Penguin Random House (Cline); MacMillan (Millner); The Whitney (Taylor); Joan Marcus (Merrily); The New Yorker (Borowitz); Getty Images (Kissinger, Swift, Beyonce, Giuliani, Flatiron)
Photo: Getty Images (NFL, bows, Shein, baseball); MAX (Idol, video); NeonCodingAI/Openart.ai (AI); Bud Light (bros); OceanGate (submersible); Bravo (RHONY)
Photo: Getty Images (Scandoval, horniness); Warner Bros. (Barbenheimer); Universal Pictures (Barbenheimer); MAX (family, Maron); Interscope Records (Lana); XL Recordings (Lahai); Disney (superhero); Hulu (Rez); Larian Studios (Baldur

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