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Katie Von Schleicher, another quietly hypnotic singer-songwriter, lends some light synth and background vocals to West’s compositions, while Nate Mendelsohn blows breath into some single, whisper-quiet saxophone lines. Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026 The score of this series always comes back to synth. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2026 Next, the synth-punk group N8NOFACE dropped out amid fan pressure. Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026 Musical cues swing wildly from choral eeriness to dead silence to pulsing synths without any discernible logic, frequently robbing scenes of rhythm and dread. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2026 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 10 Mar. 2026.

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