as in chorus
a melody in an opera sung by one person
the soprano's magnificent aria
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Recent Examples of aria
Macmillan has a musician's kind of knack for sculpting outbursts, rants and other verbal arias.
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
A certain inelegant hastiness in the plot has been resolved by treating the monologues almost as arias, giving them each an equal sense of grandeur, like the relentless finale of a fireworks display.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2025
Ferrari’s press staff argues strongly that the Testarossa will sing that familiar Italian aria, with a particularly exuberant flourish near the 8300-rpm redline.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The event featured a table side performance by an opera singer from Venice, delivering multiple iconic arias, and a Georgian dance company called Holiguards Fire that is featured in Kevin Spacey’s new project.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
A certain inelegant hastiness in the plot has been resolved by treating the monologues almost as arias, giving them each an equal sense of grandeur, like the relentless finale of a fireworks display.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2025
Ferrari’s press staff argues strongly that the Testarossa will sing that familiar Italian aria, with a particularly exuberant flourish near the 8300-rpm redline.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The event featured a table side performance by an opera singer from Venice, delivering multiple iconic arias, and a Georgian dance company called Holiguards Fire that is featured in Kevin Spacey’s new project.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aria
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In the wake of an ICE shooting that killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, academics have joined the chorus of left-wing radicals seeking to abolish the federal law enforcement agency.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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From the speakers, gravelly voices sung in Portuguese about pick-up trucks and cattle over a chorus of accordions and a rollicking electronic beat.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
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Comments filled with glee and heart emojis, and viewers chimed in from Ireland and London, from Nigeria and Rwanda and Uganda, from Harlem and Arkansas.—
Sarah Hepola,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Jan. 2026
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His freewheeling political rallies and frothy social media presence were, and continue to be, a source of great glee to his fans and followers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Jan. 2026
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This will be a full live production of Peter Rothstein’s a cappella chorale piece, offered as an add-on to the Playhouse on Park season subscription.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
20 Aug. 2025
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Three years later, the follow-up, Caroline 2, expands outward in every direction, pairing scraggy, strummed chorales with heart-on-sleeve mantras and distorted furore.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
30 May 2025
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Even as the gnarled guitar of their early EPs gave way to the jangly jaunts of 2022’s Stumpwork, the band could feel secure in the knowledge that any song featuring Shaw on vocals will sound like a Dry Cleaning song and nothing but.—
Stuart Berman,
Pitchfork,
9 Jan. 2026
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Other artists on the track and video include William Barton (didgeridoo), Boboulaye Sissokho (kora), Macarena Montesinos (cello), Guarani Andeva Group (percussion), Iron Cult Dancers (dancers), Izzana Jaa (vocals), Ezequiel Acosta (bandoneón), and Erik Prevost David (trumpet).—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Milei wrote, using his signature pro-freedom chant.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
3 Jan. 2026
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But the fact is, the criminal investigation of the chant was never warranted in the first place.—
Alex Suskind,
Pitchfork,
24 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The lullaby your grandmother hummed while shelling white beans into her apron, her voice low enough not to wake the war.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
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Celebrities and fans in the comments seemed to approve of Scherzinger's move to making lullabies.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
24 Nov. 2025
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Acharia attended Raj’s recent New York City show, describing a packed venue where the predominantly young, female audience knew every lyric.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
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Other sertanejo and agronejo artists content themselves with promoting agrobusiness interests through their lyrics, praising industrial farming and the miracle of pesticides.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
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In the year since its formation, the group has hosted two Christmas carols; held bi-weekly cleanups on Broadway; rallied residents to walk their dogs in the business corridor; weeded and placed new native plants at Promenade Park; encouraged the community to dine out on Broadway and more.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Brash and malty, this year’s edition is meant to evoke the brass bands common in the coal mining regions of northern England, who roamed neighborhoods playing Christmas carols.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Aria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aria. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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