as in song
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
a haunting ballad about lost love and loneliness
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Recent Examples of ballad
The beloved ballad has been covered by everyone from Australian singer Tina Arena and country star Wynonna Judd to Mariah Carey, who released it as a single in 2009 from her Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel album.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
The title track is a sublime slow-core power ballad, a hymn to beauty in a world of chaos.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
To Ritter, a ballad is much like a seed.
—Lila Hempel-Edgers, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Performed from a third-person perspective, the perspective of the blues, Nourished by Time spins an old-fashioned yarn about a man working a restaurant job and writing ballads at night.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
The title track is a sublime slow-core power ballad, a hymn to beauty in a world of chaos.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
To Ritter, a ballad is much like a seed.
—Lila Hempel-Edgers, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Performed from a third-person perspective, the perspective of the blues, Nourished by Time spins an old-fashioned yarn about a man working a restaurant job and writing ballads at night.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballad
Noun
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At the end of their week, campers get a chance to perform their band’s songs live with the stars.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Why not gather all their best songs to date, tape ‘em in front of an excited fanbase, and give em another shot?—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The musical, featuring music by Lucy Simon and book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman, marks a homecoming for Doyle, who served as artistic director of York Theatre Royal from 1993 to 1997.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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During a candid conversation on Drink Champs, the Queensbridge legend speculated that a combination of misunderstood lyrics and the height of coastal rap rivalries contributed to the tension between Mobb Deep and Tupac.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The songs themselves drew inspiration from real Shaker hymns from the 1700s.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Civil contributes his own piano playing too — notably a Bach hymn that serves as the story’s crowning moment of failure as triumph.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Italian brainrot anthems infest Spotify Viral 50 charts across the world, from Denmark to Sweden to Peru to the Czech Republic.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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The honor fell to Rival Son’s majestic vocalist Jay Buchanan, who took the stage barefoot, in a maroon suit, and proceeded to devour the angry rock anthem.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Penic plays guitar, and is often content to let Rogelstad perform without his vocals.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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The sound leans heavily on the lows but still keeps vocals and highs clear enough for everyday listening.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Very tricky, because this was a lullaby version of the song, rather than the original one (which opens with a piano sequence).—
Kris Holt,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Melanie's artistry from Greenwich Village to Woodstock to lullabies For Melanie, creativity occupied the broadest and most all-encompassing spectrum.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Ballad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballad. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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