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He got obsessed with watching the network early on in Minnesota, and made his classic 1999 under the spell of New Romantic synth tarts like Spandau Ballet and the Durannies. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025 Right off the bat, Thia and the other androids, or synths as they're called in the film, provide the most obvious link to the Alien franchise. Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025 The self-laceration is done on Damon Albarn Time, though, as Idles’ usual anxious guitar rave-ups are slowed and stripped here to a skipping, reggae-ish crawl, as synths squeak in the background and Albarn offers support via his forever-distant, disembodied backing vocals. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025 Chuck’s authentic synth layers were the missing piece that made the puzzle complete. Bear McCreary, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 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 20 Nov. 2025.

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