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as in orchestration
a balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts
the satisfying symphony of color in Renoir's canvases
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as in orchestra
a usually large group of musicians playing together
a performance of a Bach concerto by the San Antonio Symphony
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Recent Examples of symphony
All these years later, Corigliano’s symphony has outlasted those skirmishes and emerged sounding fresh and exciting and powerful.
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Our food choices are guided by environmental and social cues — integrated with an internal symphony of hormonal and neural signals — an orchestra all conducted by the brain.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Lair’s dad was a flutist in the symphony.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
The program traces a path from Zehetmair’s contemporary turbulence back through the romantic reconciliation of Johannes Brahms’ last orchestral work to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final symphony.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Our food choices are guided by environmental and social cues — integrated with an internal symphony of hormonal and neural signals — an orchestra all conducted by the brain.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Lair’s dad was a flutist in the symphony.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
The program traces a path from Zehetmair’s contemporary turbulence back through the romantic reconciliation of Johannes Brahms’ last orchestral work to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final symphony.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symphony
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Guitar orchestrations and solos started brewing.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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Why Industry Standards Matter As Wi-Fi 7, private 5G open roaming and edge-native orchestration mature, enterprises need partners that shape—not just follow—industry standards.—
Lori Thomas,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Pharrell leads a performance featuring Voices of Fire and a 25-person live orchestra comprised of University of Miami students from the infield grass of an MLB ballpark.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
25 Sep. 2025
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Created by Freeman and Eric Meier, the evening event will celebrate the roots of blues music married with an orchestra.—
Melonee Hurt,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 Sep. 2025
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Because of its perfect symmetry.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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These include concepts like object cohesion, symmetry, and counting—the kind of common sense a small child has.—
Matthew Hutson,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Sep. 2025
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Gabe is an active member of the symphonic band, Green Hill philharmonic winds, the Green Hill brass quintet and the Spirit of Green Hill Marching Band, leading by example through hard work and dedication.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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Back in New York their evenings were spent at the ballet, the philharmonic, the opera.—
Irina Aleksander,
Vogue,
11 Dec. 2024
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And yet, Doja continuously taps the well while adapting it to her own aesthetic, moving fluidly between sweet harmonies and nimble raps in classic Doja form.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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Ten years on from the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the vision of improving lives everywhere in harmony with our planet is under unprecedented strain.—
Sebastian Buckup,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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The survey discovered that tablets have the highest proportion of ownership among children compared to any other device, with 47 percent of children aged 0 to 8 owning their own.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Researching so rich and complex a life became Richardson’s true journey, one of epic proportions.—
Megan Marshall
September 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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This neurocosmetic innovation, inspired by Nobel Prize-winning research on touch receptors, works by activating sensory pathways in the skin to trigger the release of mood-regulating biomarkers, establishing a continuous feedback loop between skin repair and emotional balance.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Over the first three weeks, the 49ers somehow maintained their balance as cracks and fissures formed all over their lineup.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Symphony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symphony. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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