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: an Indian lute with a long neck and a varying number of strings
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Singer-songwriter Asha Puthli, rapper Black Thought and sitar player Anoushka Shankar joined them.
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William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2026
Harrison had picked up the sitar a year earlier on a movie set.
—Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026
Stories involving a sitar, a surfboard, several root beer floats and a bride-to-be.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
But this is a performance category that skews heavily toward tactile players, and Indian sitar vet Anoushka Shanka is currently 0-14 here.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
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William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2026
Harrison had picked up the sitar a year earlier on a movie set.
—Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026
Stories involving a sitar, a surfboard, several root beer floats and a bride-to-be.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
But this is a performance category that skews heavily toward tactile players, and Indian sitar vet Anoushka Shanka is currently 0-14 here.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sitar
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“Sitar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sitar. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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