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Recent Examples of étude
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.
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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
At its worst, the music on Everyone’s Crushed sounds like etudes – studies in experimentalism, finger exercises for tyros in the avant-garde.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 May 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
So far, Wingfield has released a handful of etudes.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2020
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
At its worst, the music on Everyone’s Crushed sounds like etudes – studies in experimentalism, finger exercises for tyros in the avant-garde.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 May 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
So far, Wingfield has released a handful of etudes.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for étude
Noun
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The study was published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2025
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This marks the first time that climate change has surpassed the other threats, according to the study team.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Don’t expect an opus, but do expect a game your mother will want to play.—
Luke Winkie,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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The album itself is a sprawling 34-track opus, featuring guest appearances from 100 Gecs’ Dylan Brady, Starrah, Wuki, Boys Noize and more.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
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Everything about the transition is overwhelming, from the skill of the other players on the court to the length of practices, so Rivers said she’s tried to be patient with her progress early on.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2025
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And anyone who has ever taken a yoga class has used some form of the ancient practice of Pranayama, or breath regulation.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Industry experts believe that, to mitigate growing risks in complex software and AI, clear visibility into their composition is crucial.—
Dasha Shunina,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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By analyzing the colors and structures within the dust cocoons, scientists infer the composition, density and temperature of the gas and dust — crucial insights into the conditions necessary for stars to ignite. 5.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Mazzoli created a lush score that was alternately sweeping or intimate, sensuous or mystical, yet with a distinctive sound that was her own weaving a thread through the piece.—
Janelle Gelfand,
Cincinnati.com,
19 July 2017
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This is why the war stories of Tom Clancy are such convincing and moving pieces of fiction.—
Janine Barchas,
Washington Post,
18 July 2017
Noun
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Outside of Washington, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s followers appear to be scrambling the country's stubborn red-blue divide USA TODAY Texas is looking at bills to bring back exercise.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Seeing Tristen accept both his mother’s request to stay in the game and the responsibility of leading his team to victory gives the ridiculous exercise that is Restaurant Wars a whole different weight.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
Noun
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The movie is also a masterpiece of cinematic engineering, as the crew had to develop compact and lightweight new camera systems that were then fitted on the cars.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
2 May 2025
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Spread out a roll of butcher paper, and encourage everyone to press their hands and feet onto it, leaving their prints behind. Label each handprint and footprint with the person's name, the date, and a special message to Mom, and allow your collective masterpiece to dry.—
Laura Broadwell,
Parents,
1 May 2025
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The drills comes amid heightened tensions over nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Unfortunately, instead of breaking camp with the team last year, Aranda broke a finger on his right hand during defensive drills at the team’s Port Charlotte spring training complex one week before the season began.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“étude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9tude. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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