as in hymn
a religious song
fervently sang an anthem of praise to the Lord
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Recent Examples of anthem
Then, as the prime minister began to speak, protesters on nearby Whitehall blared out the choral strains of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, the anthem of the European Union, which Britain voted to leave a decade ago.
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Joe Mayes,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Team Melli was essentially the home team in the Los Angeles area for its second straight match in front of a stadium packed with fans from the diaspora both supporting the Iranians and decrying the government, with boos of the anthem and hundreds of pre-revolutionary Lion and Sun flags displayed.
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ABC News,
21 June 2026
Familiarizing a new generation of rap fans with the beat switch, the anthem features a production team that includes Hit-Boy, OZ, CuBeatz, Allen Ritter, and Travis Scott.
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Demicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
20 June 2026
With three former presidents looking on, the Obama Presidential Center’s opening on Chicago’s South Side was a celebration of equal parts legacy and anthem.
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Josh Feldman,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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Joe Mayes,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Team Melli was essentially the home team in the Los Angeles area for its second straight match in front of a stadium packed with fans from the diaspora both supporting the Iranians and decrying the government, with boos of the anthem and hundreds of pre-revolutionary Lion and Sun flags displayed.
—
ABC News,
21 June 2026
Familiarizing a new generation of rap fans with the beat switch, the anthem features a production team that includes Hit-Boy, OZ, CuBeatz, Allen Ritter, and Travis Scott.
—
Demicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
20 June 2026
With three former presidents looking on, the Obama Presidential Center’s opening on Chicago’s South Side was a celebration of equal parts legacy and anthem.
—
Josh Feldman,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anthem
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For centuries, spiritual hymns have kept hope alive, even more so for the enslaved.
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The star players seem happy, and everyone appears to be singing from the same hymn sheet.
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Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.
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Over the course of Gregory Orr’s long career, his poems have become increasingly incantatory, more and more like chants or psalms, repeating, reformulating, reaching for the edges of the same rich metaphors.
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