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
The show’s musical accompaniment will be a piano and violin.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
Never’s queasy Uncut Gems accompaniment — which, like many other A24 soundtracks, received splashy vinyl releases and considerable acclaim.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
The song, which begins with the soft sound of an acoustic guitar, transforms into an orchestral accompaniment with string arrangements by Roberto Verástegui.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Bright Eyes are back with a new EP that serves as a soft accompaniment to last year’s Five Dice, All Threes.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
Never’s queasy Uncut Gems accompaniment — which, like many other A24 soundtracks, received splashy vinyl releases and considerable acclaim.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
The song, which begins with the soft sound of an acoustic guitar, transforms into an orchestral accompaniment with string arrangements by Roberto Verástegui.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Bright Eyes are back with a new EP that serves as a soft accompaniment to last year’s Five Dice, All Threes.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompaniment
Noun
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The music video was recorded in Xochimilco, an iconic place in Mexico City, where rides on a trajinera, a small, romantic boat, are the perfect complement to this swoon-worthy song.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Puzzle Me screen reader works as a complement to other screen reader technology.—
Patrick Merrell,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As the new school year began, there might have been fewer smiles among elementary students hoping to get a therapeutic snuggle from their favorite four-legged companion.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
28 Sep. 2025
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Poole and his companion weighed out 45 grams of marijuana and handed it to Longhibler, who put it in his pocket, the report says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the concomitant rise in oil prices led to a 180-degree turn in Biden’s approach toward Riyadh.—
F. Gregory Gause III,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Aug. 2024
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Standing tall in individual cases are a kneeling archer, a standing archer, an armored warrior, a high-ranking officer and a young attendant.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
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In the baby’s room, machines accumulated, along with all the attendants who cared for the machines.—
Rachel Pearson,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Mackay didn’t want to relive that incident, but was willing to talk about the Ryder Cup that best informs what awaits the Europeans this week — Brookline in 1999.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The stepdaughter told her aunt about the alleged incident, and the aunt and other relatives reported it to the authorities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And the corollary for the manager, lead with humility and grace and patience.—
Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Sep. 2025
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And as a corollary to the latter, anything that governments provide in the form of spending or easier credit comes via a substitution of wafer-thin government knowledge for the immense knowledge that is the marketplace itself.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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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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Consider the long-term consequences.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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The school and university employees who have filed suits are some of the dozens of workers across a slew of fields fired or suspended from their jobs or subject to other consequences for their controversial comments, according to a USA TODAY count of news reports and statements.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Accompaniment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompaniment. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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