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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
Pynchon’s daunting masterpiece, a white whale of a Great American Novel, is stuffed with pun-tastic songs, rocket science and World War II-era occultism.
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John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
There are MCs out there that care and who have the utmost desire to bring the best bars, the best lyrics, the best subject matter, the best energy to every song and to every moment.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 6 Sep. 2025
So that was a really fun process to collaborate with somebody and be given the freedom to try different things and find what the song was saying for us in that moment.
—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Here are all of the songs performed on her Radical Optimism Tour.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
There are MCs out there that care and who have the utmost desire to bring the best bars, the best lyrics, the best subject matter, the best energy to every song and to every moment.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 6 Sep. 2025
So that was a really fun process to collaborate with somebody and be given the freedom to try different things and find what the song was saying for us in that moment.
—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Here are all of the songs performed on her Radical Optimism Tour.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for song
Noun
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Percussion and a choir imbued the ballad with a pulse, and the gracious Warren quickly turned to clap for the singers at song’s end.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Her endlessly inventive vocal approach and aching tenderness with ballads earned her a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master designation in 2012.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The book was compiled by Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell for his 50th birthday and reportedly contained poems, photos and greetings from academics, businesspeople, Epstein's childhood friends and more.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The poem was not by Marlowe, for sure.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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O’Brien worked for months, fitting the songs and melodies to Treu’s compositions.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
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The 13-track record sees the New York native expertly float tales of love, heartbreak, positivity, and frustration over a dreamy bed of smooth soul, R&B, and bossa nova melodies.—
Staff Author,
EW.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Despite the massive fan base and continued success of the original show through reruns, Shatner hasn't earned a dime in residuals.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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In 1938, millions of Americans mailed dimes to the White House to support President Roosevelt’s fight against polio — funding the first successful vaccine and sparking a culture of small-dollar giving.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Velasco advised a student with a talent for poetry to apply for the Oskar Knoblauch Holocaust Impact Video Contest using one of his poems.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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But Enyedi is a master stylist who knows how to create a certain mood, mixing visual poetry with deadpan humor, and big ideas with quotidian foibles, in a film that explores our mysterious relationship with both the green world and one another.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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The musical, featuring music by Lucy Simon and book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman, marks a homecoming for Doyle, who served as artistic director of York Theatre Royal from 1993 to 1997.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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During a candid conversation on Drink Champs, the Queensbridge legend speculated that a combination of misunderstood lyrics and the height of coastal rap rivalries contributed to the tension between Mobb Deep and Tupac.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The title track is a sublime slow-core power ballad, a hymn to beauty in a world of chaos.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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The sanctuary is now missing the familiar sounds of hymns and the children’s voices that once echoed through its halls.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
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The music then switches to the original Sex and the City opening and closing jingles as the credits begin to roll.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Bob Sirott and John Records Landecker, who held down afternoon and evening shifts respectively for much of the 1970s on WLS, are reuniting on the air at WGN for a three-hour tour of anecdotes, DJ interviews, vintage jingles and listener calls.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/song. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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