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as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
she sang a little-known song for the talent show
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as in poem
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
the songs of Shakespeare
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4
as in dime
a very small sum of money
developers bought the land for a song
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as in poetry
writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response
a hero honored in song and story
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Recent Examples of song
The song incorporates music, spoken word, clips of a Vietnamese woman crying out for her son, and the sound of air raid sirens.
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Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
Their roster features major players from both genres scenes, including Knocked Loose, State Champs, Less Than Jake, Senses Fail, and The Story So Far, who are named after a classic New Found Glory song.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
The game looks and sounds like a movie in every regard, from its opening song to the lighting choices and angles, and the way the characters move through the world.
—Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.
—Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 18 Apr. 2025
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Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
Their roster features major players from both genres scenes, including Knocked Loose, State Champs, Less Than Jake, Senses Fail, and The Story So Far, who are named after a classic New Found Glory song.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
The game looks and sounds like a movie in every regard, from its opening song to the lighting choices and angles, and the way the characters move through the world.
—Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.
—Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for song
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That initial wave of symbolism was heavily seen during the final ballad as the Statue of Liberty’s head emerged shielded by a mask.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
2 May 2025
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Or the until-now-untapped viral potential of Celine Dion’s power ballad.—
Francesca Street,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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Fallen blossoms whisper on the damp earth, a fleeting poem of transience.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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The title, from a poem by the Tohono O’odham linguist Ofelia Zepeda, clings like juniper on skin.—
Petala Ironcloud,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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First, Seb does a little dance to the melody of our Zojirushi rice cooker.—
Mia Leimkuhler,
New York Times,
7 May 2025
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Taking the main melody, the nine-time Grammy winner’s piercing voice soars over lush harmonies provided by the other singers, with Eilish adding her own tasteful riffs throughout.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
5 May 2025
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Edwards was credited by NBA.com with 12 potential assists in Game 4, and throughout this four-game series, he's totaled just 23 dimes (5.8 per game) on 41 total potential assists per game (10.25 potential assists per game).—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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But that all changed when Sam Lerman, an American military veteran, decided to volunteer as a wartime advisor by going to Ukraine in April 2022 on his own dime.—
Cathrine Todd,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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In the poetry of Donne and his contemporaries, the speaker of the poem is almost always a man, with women as implicit audience and explicit objects of desire.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Unique voices, unique perspectives Of course, there are countless autistic people who write poetry who aren’t famous and haven’t published books.—
Bradley J. Irish,
The Conversation,
29 Apr. 2025
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Listen a little more closely, however, and the lyrics often veer toward tales of dystopia and doomed love and mortality.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
29 Apr. 2025
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Timmy Xu contributed to the lyrics, while all band members collaborated on arrangements, resulting in a powerful synergy of creativity.—
Billboard China,
Billboard,
28 Apr. 2025
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Next to Margaret, one of the two angels holds a book of song, once thought to be a hymn by the English composer Walter Frye but now identified as musical gibberish.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 May 2025
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The hymn implores the saints to help the cardinals find a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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Trend #7: Catchy jingles and theme songs for product videos are easier to produce.—
Elaine Pofeldt,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Though the would-be jingle’s lack of catchiness is immediately pointed out by Jason Mamoa’s protagonist character Garrett in the movie, the song is apparently sticking pretty firmly in the heads of those who’ve seen it – $283.9 million’s worth of viewers and counting.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/song. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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