as in hymns
a religious song
fervently sang an anthem of praise to the Lord
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Recent Examples of anthems
The show features timeless works from influential artists whose songs have long served as anthems for social change and perseverance.
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Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Pop anthems gave way to house beats.
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Sari Kamin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 June 2026
Singer Bradley Nowell drunk-steered his band through sordid anthems, crashing through references to classic ska and dancehall songs, shouting out Rudimentary Peni and Geto Boys, and re-setting the murder ballads and drug sprees of outlaw country in suburban California.
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Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
Notably, Johnson did not deny that Wembanyama elected to stay off the court during those two anthems.
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Dan Zaksheske Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
Nemahsis’s songs express personal politics through intimate storytelling, not revolutionary anthems.
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Michael Hollett,
SPIN,
14 June 2026
Wave flags, sing anthems and surround yourself with other fans who live and breathe for every kick, save and goal.
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Kari Barnett,
Sun Sentinel,
13 June 2026
After the anthems had been played, a chant of ‘Allez les Bleus’ rolled around the ground.
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Tom Williams,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
Charli and preeminent pop divas Olivia Rodrigo and Ariana Grande are releasing some of the bleakest music of their careers just in time for summer, the traditional season for party anthems and celebratory bangers.
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Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Pop anthems gave way to house beats.
—
Sari Kamin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 June 2026
Singer Bradley Nowell drunk-steered his band through sordid anthems, crashing through references to classic ska and dancehall songs, shouting out Rudimentary Peni and Geto Boys, and re-setting the murder ballads and drug sprees of outlaw country in suburban California.
—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
Notably, Johnson did not deny that Wembanyama elected to stay off the court during those two anthems.
—
Dan Zaksheske Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
Nemahsis’s songs express personal politics through intimate storytelling, not revolutionary anthems.
—
Michael Hollett,
SPIN,
14 June 2026
Wave flags, sing anthems and surround yourself with other fans who live and breathe for every kick, save and goal.
—
Kari Barnett,
Sun Sentinel,
13 June 2026
After the anthems had been played, a chant of ‘Allez les Bleus’ rolled around the ground.
—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
Charli and preeminent pop divas Olivia Rodrigo and Ariana Grande are releasing some of the bleakest music of their careers just in time for summer, the traditional season for party anthems and celebratory bangers.
—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anthems
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For centuries, spiritual hymns have kept hope alive, even more so for the enslaved.
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The videos collectively cover American history from the American Revolution into the early 1970s and includes songs associated with Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Bob Dylan, John Denver and others as well as folk songs, hymns, blues songs and more.
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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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The epitome of that tradition is Choral Evensong, an evening service of hymns, psalms and prayers laid out by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant archbishop of the Church of England, in 1549.
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Paul drove into Wilkes-Barre from Princeton on Christmas Day after the chapel service and dropped his bags at a forlorn motor lodge on Public Square—Christmas carols dragging at slow speed on its sound system—and swung by my parents.
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That's4Entertainment's Christmas Con 2026 will take place at the New Jersey Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey, from December 11-13, and its halls will be decked to the gills with carols, tree lightings and sweet treats.
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“Anthems.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anthems. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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