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Among all waits between top 10s (again, not including holiday hits), The Beatles end the fifth-longest break; as a soloist, McCartney ranks third.
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Gary Trust, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2023
While a student at Juilliard, Drucker was appointed concertmaster and appeared as a soloist several times.
—Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
Strauss had found inspiration for the work, composed for two dozen string soloists during the final months of the war, in a Goethe poem about the impossibility of self-knowledge.
—Christopher Benfey, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
Back in July, the band joined Swift onstage in Seattle, opening the concert and later returning to perform alongside the soloist.
—Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
Across 11 tracks, the singer will showcase his skill set as a soloist for the first time.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
Singers sought for new hymnal (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Latter-day Saint soloists and choral singers are needed to help record songs for the new hymnbook, which is part of the church's digital sacred musical collection.
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
Four weeks earlier, the song became the first leader on the lists for a member of BTS as a soloist.
—Gary Trust, Billboard, 21 Aug. 2023
For Walczak — who stayed at City Ballet for 12 years, becoming a soloist — her primal urge to dance makes her think reincarnation could be real.
—Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
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Gary Trust, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2023
While a student at Juilliard, Drucker was appointed concertmaster and appeared as a soloist several times.
—Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
Strauss had found inspiration for the work, composed for two dozen string soloists during the final months of the war, in a Goethe poem about the impossibility of self-knowledge.
—Christopher Benfey, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
Back in July, the band joined Swift onstage in Seattle, opening the concert and later returning to perform alongside the soloist.
—Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
Across 11 tracks, the singer will showcase his skill set as a soloist for the first time.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
Singers sought for new hymnal (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Latter-day Saint soloists and choral singers are needed to help record songs for the new hymnbook, which is part of the church's digital sacred musical collection.
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
Four weeks earlier, the song became the first leader on the lists for a member of BTS as a soloist.
—Gary Trust, Billboard, 21 Aug. 2023
For Walczak — who stayed at City Ballet for 12 years, becoming a soloist — her primal urge to dance makes her think reincarnation could be real.
—Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
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First Known Use
1864, in the meaning defined above
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“Soloist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soloist. Accessed 8 Dec. 2023.
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soloist
noun
so·lo·ist
ˈsō-lə-wəst 
-(ˌ)lō-əst
: one who performs a solo
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