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Recent Examples of accordant There are images of births and deaths, hunting and gathering, projects and play, ruminative portraits of bellies and nipples and lips and eyes, communal huts lit ceremonially aflame, of shamanic rituals and the accordant visions. Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2023 To constrain the frequency of speech, the size or composition of an audience, the spread of any single speech act, or the life span of such posts is entirely accordant with the creative and technical underpinning of computational media. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2021 Bobay resigns Following the relocation and accordant resignation of Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education, resigned earlier this month in anticipation of his moving to Texas. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 19 July 2019 And accordant with the band's two previous LPs -- carrying a noticeable progression in both songwriting and production from their 2011 debut, First Born -- DISPOSE is the band's most polished and cohesive work to date. Brian Leak, Billboard, 15 Feb. 2018 Prayers without accordant action are silent lies told to oneself, heard by no God, amounting to nothing. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accordant
Adjective
  • Chains rely on their ability to offer a consistent supply on a huge scale, said Stephen Zagor, a restaurant consultant and adjunct associate professor at Columbia Business School.
    Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Yet cargo freight has been hard to electrify because long-haul trucks need hundreds of miles of range while carrying heavy loads, and charging infrastructure has not been consistent.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The first term may make the second plausible, compatible or even probable, but plausibility is not identity, compatibility is not implication, probability is not necessity, and similarity of appearance is not proof of sameness of nature.
    Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • From tracker-compatible passport holders to lightning-fast portable chargers, below are 10 personal safety upgrades worth shopping before your next trip—all available on Amazon, with prices starting at $6.
    Annita Katee, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The film’s treatment of Odysseus’s lies, too, seems consonant with the Ten Commandments instead of Homer’s moral worldview.
    Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
  • But recent research found that members of the Tsimane’, a native Amazonian society in Bolivia, rate consonant and dissonant chords as equally pleasurable.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026

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“Accordant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accordant. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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