as in complement
something that is found along with something else
the sound of crickets was the perfect accompaniment to our summer evenings on the porch
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Recent Examples of accompaniment
Talking trash is less of an accompaniment and more of a psychological tactic.
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Terrance Moore, New York Times, 9 May 2026
This zesty salad, complete with melon, feta, and a jalapeño pepper dresses, will be the perfect accompaniment to your cookout.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
The honey & cinnamon dog tags also make a fine coffee accompaniment with breakfast as these are slightly oversize, graham cracker-style cookies.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Beachy handbags, light jackets, classic pearls, chunky boots—your choice of accompaniments can take things from romantic to edgy to eclectic.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2026
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Terrance Moore, New York Times, 9 May 2026
This zesty salad, complete with melon, feta, and a jalapeño pepper dresses, will be the perfect accompaniment to your cookout.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
The honey & cinnamon dog tags also make a fine coffee accompaniment with breakfast as these are slightly oversize, graham cracker-style cookies.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Beachy handbags, light jackets, classic pearls, chunky boots—your choice of accompaniments can take things from romantic to edgy to eclectic.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompaniment
Noun
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Tents are adorned with explorer-style campaign furniture and Zanzibari trunks and illuminated by Earth tones that complement—but not compete with—the natural beauty of surrounding grasslands.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The researchers suggest that PIP could serve as a low-cost, non-pharmacologic and effective complement to standard medical care.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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When Ava returns to hustle their luggage onto the train, her companion remains lost in thought.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 May 2026
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There are other very large spirals, such as the Tadpole galaxy or the Condor galaxy, that are clearly undergoing a collision with another big companion.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
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New York attorney Charles Rubio, who filed the bankruptcy court motion for the attendants, did not respond to a phone message seeking comment.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2026
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In her early 20s, Tottori began as a flight attendant and spent decades rising through the airline, later serving in leadership roles including as a senior cabin attendants director in 2015.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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But concomitant with this were tensions around the concept of localism, an ethos with its roots in the conditions and convictions of the earliest settlers.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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The hope, for many in Vietnam, is that the war and all its concomitant struggles will fade into the oblivion of prosperity.—
Damien Cave,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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The Rome Local Police Command said four traffic police officers were involved in the incident and were reportedly near the firecrackers when the explosion occurred, ANSA said.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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The Los Angeles Police Department did not immediately provide details about Sunday’s incident.—
Jasmine Mendez
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Similarly, the direction—and its corollary, the editing—allows nothing extraneous to detract attention from the script’s meticulous and sturdy construction.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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An important corollary to this is that the cognitive processes that became dysfunctional in these individuals are normally crucial to maintaining our social identity — our relationships to other people — as well as our personal identity.—
Masud Husain,
Big Think,
14 Apr. 2026
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There is a lovely horn obbligato to Sifare’s Act 3 aria which would be challenging to play on a modern instrument.—
Christian Hertzog,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2023
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As an obbligato of protest continued behind Wilson, Dylan, accepting Wilson’s advice, sang the insert.—
Mick Stevens,
The New Yorker,
12 Aug. 2021
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Camilla and William are reportedly aligned in their desire for even more consequences for Andrew and potentially, the rest of his family.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
31 May 2026
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In that sense, today’s audiences aren’t rejecting movie history so much as actively excavating it — but that feedback loop could have some unintended consequences for older creators.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
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“Accompaniment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompaniment. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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