brass

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Recent Examples of brass The atmosphere was filled with sentiment but not somber, and the afternoon Mass opened with a brass quintet and bright organ music. Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025 All of this is accompanied by a throbbing, repetitive, and mind-blanking score by Philip Glass that's heavy on brass, synthesizers, and basso profundo chanting. Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025 Overall, Loewe now has 19 stores in the U.S. Interior elements of the Palm Beach store include brass, turned iron, ash wood shelving, marble podiums and concrete flooring. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2025 Older lamps were also constructed with materials like copper, glass, and brass rather than plastic or other low-quality materials. Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brass
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Noun
  • Parasympathetic nerves emerge in the brain and brainstem, and sympathetic nerves arise from the spinal cord.
    Tony Sanchez, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Following a diabetic-friendly diet can help control blood glucose levels and prevent complications such as kidney, nerve, and eye damage.3 Can People With Diabetes Eat Bananas?
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • By Nicholas Lemann Among Joe Biden’s afflictions and miseries, his wormwood and gall, there are the insults (about his diminished capacities), and then there are the compliments unpaid (about his achievements).
    Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Our study also identified other risks, including low blood pressure, sleep problems, headaches, formation of kidney stones, and gall bladder disease and diseases associated with the bile ducts.
    Ziyad Al-Aly, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Solskjaer felt that overconfidence bordering on arrogance might be PSG’s Achilles’ heel.
    Andy Mitten, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Titan: Plunges into the chilling 2023 submersible tragedy, peeling back the layers of ambition, arrogance, and a lack of oversight that led to catastrophe.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Brass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brass. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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