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All the while, the gooey ambient synths underfoot lean closer to New Age than gospel music. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025 Kavalier reads from the book, either to the children-in-adult-synth-bodies called the Lost Boys, or to record an audio book. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Instruments that rely more on higher frequencies, like the shaker and the lead synth, are crisp and detailed. PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025 The scene’s amniotic shoppe Muzak is suddenly overridden by a deep, growling synth. Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for synth

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First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of synth was in 1976

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“Synth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synth. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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