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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
  • Prioritize Strength Training Research suggests that without a consistent stimulus from being challenged to work, muscles tend to atrophy, or waste away.
    Kristen Gasnick, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026
  • So Bell inequalities shows that quantum physics and experiment are consistent with the worldview of local realism.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The monitor is compatible with a variety of different visual technologies, including NVIDIA G-SYNC and AMD FreeSync Premium, which further enhances visuals and eliminates screen-tearing.
    George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026
  • While the camera is reportedly compatible with cards up to 128GB, online reviews noted that with the larger SD cards, the camera seems to overheat and wouldn't function as well.
    Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 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 19 Sep. 2026.

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