as in hymn
a religious song
fervently sang an anthem of praise to the Lord
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Recent Examples of anthem
However, in their following two matches before being eliminated, the team sang and saluted during Iran’s anthem.
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Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Silver medallist Linn Kazmaier of Germany and her guide Florian Baumann turned their backs on the Russian pair on the podium when the anthem was played.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
The team was thrust into the spotlight when players didn’t sing the Iranian anthem before their first match in the tournament.
—Rebecca Shabad, NBC news, 10 Mar. 2026
The Iranian team has drawn intense news coverage after the players’ silence during the anthem before an opening loss to South Korea last week was viewed by some as an act of resistance and others as a show of mourning.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Silver medallist Linn Kazmaier of Germany and her guide Florian Baumann turned their backs on the Russian pair on the podium when the anthem was played.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
The team was thrust into the spotlight when players didn’t sing the Iranian anthem before their first match in the tournament.
—Rebecca Shabad, NBC news, 10 Mar. 2026
The Iranian team has drawn intense news coverage after the players’ silence during the anthem before an opening loss to South Korea last week was viewed by some as an act of resistance and others as a show of mourning.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anthem
Noun
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The first is rewriting public-domain hymns with community members to sing at protests.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 Mar. 2026
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Instead, a narrator gives a somewhat notion of what’s what in the language of the audience, as is Akhnaten’s great aria, a hymn to Aten (god of the sun).—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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After all, audiences may be captivated by the psalm singing itself, but then can also find more things that capture their imagination in the observational doc.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
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Gallagher is also excited about Psalms of the People (Salim Nan Daoine), Jack Archer’s Gaelic-language documentary about Scotland’s cultural heritage of traditional Gaelic psalm singing.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Anthem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anthem. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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