marching band
noun
: a group of musicians who play instruments while marching together at a parade or sports event
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An orchestra, a chorus, a jazz big band, a marching band—these are complex macroorganisms whose inner workings require formidable feats of interactive precision, all of which depend on information encoded in a written score.
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Matthew Aucoin, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
While there was no specific marching band that was brought on Severance for the sequence, Tramell Tillman revealed that the crew was responsible for finding the people involved in the scene.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
Along the way, there was an over-the-top, head-scratching marching band interlude and a bloody brawl.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Ludwig takes a dart to the neck, falls several stories to the concrete, gets run over by a bus, then flattened by a steamroller and finally trampled by the USC marching band.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
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Matthew Aucoin, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
While there was no specific marching band that was brought on Severance for the sequence, Tramell Tillman revealed that the crew was responsible for finding the people involved in the scene.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
Along the way, there was an over-the-top, head-scratching marching band interlude and a bloody brawl.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Ludwig takes a dart to the neck, falls several stories to the concrete, gets run over by a bus, then flattened by a steamroller and finally trampled by the USC marching band.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for marching band
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“Marching band.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marching%20band. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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