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Recent Examples of étude
Similarly, the survey of Glass’ etudes was made more varied by the different playing styles of the pianists, all of them excellent, with each bringing distinctive color and character to their pair.
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Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
By that measure, the mostly instrumental The Bad Fire contains what feels like etudes on unhappiness, a perpetual sense of never really fitting in anywhere.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Something similar happened with the composition of the etudes themselves.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Apparently, performing Musser’s etudes for marimba is a rite of passage for percussion majors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2023
But these songs are not so much referential as reverential: meditative daybreak etudes capable of conveying the feeling that all is right in the world.
—Pitchfork, 28 Sep. 2023
To treat those simply as etudes and exercises would be a disservice, and Ferrillo deployed the expressive acumen that BSO listeners know well, gracefully responding to the orchestra.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
In the etude inspired by Native American Margaret Bradshaw’s My World is Not Flat, a playful Pueblo dance song comes up now and then.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2021
Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
By that measure, the mostly instrumental The Bad Fire contains what feels like etudes on unhappiness, a perpetual sense of never really fitting in anywhere.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Something similar happened with the composition of the etudes themselves.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Apparently, performing Musser’s etudes for marimba is a rite of passage for percussion majors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2023
But these songs are not so much referential as reverential: meditative daybreak etudes capable of conveying the feeling that all is right in the world.
—Pitchfork, 28 Sep. 2023
To treat those simply as etudes and exercises would be a disservice, and Ferrillo deployed the expressive acumen that BSO listeners know well, gracefully responding to the orchestra.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
In the etude inspired by Native American Margaret Bradshaw’s My World is Not Flat, a playful Pueblo dance song comes up now and then.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for étude
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The scientists detailed their findings March 12 in two studies in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Such lasers could allow researchers to track chemical reactions in real time, detect microscopic defects in nanoelectronics, and study materials with much higher resolution than before.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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His audacious, peel-back-the-layers opus received a record 16 Oscar nominations, securing the film a spot in the history books.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Rhianna has been very secretive about her future opus.—
Séraphine Roger,
Vanity Fair,
28 Feb. 2026
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With a fine equivalent to a few days’ revenue and some marginal changes to its business practices, Live Nation will, more or less, plow ahead as the dominant force in live music.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Panthers then signed him off the Cowboys’ practice squad in November 2025.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
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Sher responded to Buckley and Bale’s gestures and movements in both the lighting and compositions.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2026
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The suppurating contempt Sheridan feels for the Big Apple oozes its way through much of the series, its condescending pus infecting stunning vistas, swelling musical compositions and at least one award-worthy performance, courtesy of Michelle Pfeiffer.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Tillman was the first selection in a schoolyard pick ’em of NFL players past and present being divided into teams, not for a scrimmage or football game, but for an exercise in which Tillman and other NFL stars would be tasked with making a short film.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
10 Mar. 2026
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These exercises can be performed using free weights, resistance bands, bodyweight movements or even household items, such as soup cans.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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To grasp this piece of Roman history, Yanxiao argued, one had to study the Xiongnu—and to understand the Xiongnu, one had to read Chinese.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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For me, the Calpak 5-piece Packing Cube Set has truly delivered the solution with a set of four packing cubes and a water-resistant pouch for storage.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Imagine finally getting to use the weirdest drill bit in your toolkit.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Every day, Brown caught 200 passes from the Jugs machine and did drills with tennis balls to improve already elite eye-hand coordinaton.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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Luka Doncic’s 44-point masterpiece — without playing the fourth quarter — propelled the Lakers past the Pacers 128-117.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Also, Heath Ledger and Christopher Nolan were the ones who made The Dark Knight a masterpiece.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“étude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9tude. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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