chansons

Definition of chansonsnext
plural of chanson

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chansons
Noun
  • This is done with Taub’s sheer skills with the song styles varying from strong recitatives to insightful arias and battle cries.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of the traditional alternation of sung-text recitative and arias (songs), verismo operas are more seamless in how songs are interwoven with the story.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Those ballads offer an avenue for getting in touch with grief that may prove for local audiences the most valuable element of experiencing this fine production.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Recorded over a two-year period, Blue Mountain, Weir’s first solo album since 1978’s Heaven Help the Fool, was a beautifully ambient collection of modern-day ranch-hand ballads, and Weir soon launched an accompanying tour.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • However, there are some quirky ditties that even multigenerational Southerners might not have ever heard, or that people commonly use in the wrong way.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2026
  • But perhaps the best aspect of Update was the return of Jane Wickline’s offbeat keyboard ditties.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The choruses are big and accessible, the melodies classically beautiful, their themes universal.
    Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 1 Feb. 2026
  • When experienced live, its commanding choruses, exquisite vocal solos, awesome symphonic score and theatrical libretto can produce such a staggering emotional intensity that some music fans half-jokingly refer to it as Verdi’s best opera.
    Luis Palomares, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Department of Homeland Security has said that the facilities meet federal detention standards and undergo regular audits and inspections.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Both the Times of London and the Daily Telegraph reviewed Newman’s book poorly, with an air of anti-woke ennui, accusing her of imposing contemporary moral standards on the vices of the past.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Across from the San Francisco Giants’ home base of Oracle Park, the audience swayed to British singer-songwriter Oliva Dean’s R&B-infused serenades at The One Party by Uber at Pier 48.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Chansons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chansons. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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