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as in chorus
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Recent Examples of chant
Constance Grady, Vox, 14 Apr. 2025
Come the 24th minute of every Toronto FC game at BMO Field, for example, fans sing and chant Danny Dichio’s name, commemorating the club’s first ever goal, which the English forward scored in the 24th minute of a 2007 match.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2025
On his third shift, after chants of LAN-DY had long rained upon the golden-haired forward, Landeskog hooked a Silver Knight and was banished for two minutes.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
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Verb
In the Australian office version, the women are chanting in their business casual attire around an array of cubicles.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 14 Apr. 2025
Come the 24th minute of every Toronto FC game at BMO Field, for example, fans sing and chant Danny Dichio’s name, commemorating the club’s first ever goal, which the English forward scored in the 24th minute of a 2007 match.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
During a dance break, the audience took over with a special fan chant, with camera shots showing ladies in the crowd jumping up and down with uncontainable excitement.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2025
On his third shift, after chants of LAN-DY had long rained upon the golden-haired forward, Landeskog hooked a Silver Knight and was banished for two minutes.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chant
Verb
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Two key figures go down in the caves and are able to converse (and sing) with Floyd: his brother Homer (Jason Gotay) and Skeets Miller (Taylor Trensch), a reporter sent to cover the story.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2025
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Multiple derms sang this serum’s praises, pointing to its hyaluronic acid base.—
Rebecca Shinners,
Glamour,
22 Apr. 2025
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Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty Images Oil giant BP is bracing itself for a shareholder backlash at its annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday, with a chorus of disgruntled investors planning to voice their concerns over the firm’s green strategy U-turn.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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An orchestra, a chorus, a jazz big band, a marching band—these are complex macroorganisms whose inner workings require formidable feats of interactive precision, all of which depend on information encoded in a written score.—
Matthew Aucoin,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sound is a gift from the universe, in my case from my mother, who sang me a lullaby while holding me against her chest.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
7 Apr. 2025
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Interestingly, this shifting debate over how cognition influences culture coincides with a spate of research bridging psychology and anthropology, which explores why certain behaviors – such as singing lullabies, curative bloodletting and storytelling – recur across human cultures.—
Eli Elster,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Eventually, Holman summoned everyone to the table and began his spoken word serenade with tales of New York, Kentucky, and Jewish identity.—
Kristen Bateman,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Brazilian coastal metropolis has world-famous beaches worth singing serenades about—and many musicians have.—
Joel Balsam,
AFAR Media,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Wilson began the performance by playing the song’s familiar melody on his guitar before wrapping the anthem in baritone vocal notes.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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The California desert anthem builds with acoustic guitar and a grooving bass line as Bergman reminisces about unrequited love and yearning.—
Taylor Mims,
Billboard,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St. Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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Her husband, my grandfather, was not only a composer who wrote liturgical music, motets, symphonies, and string quartets but also a beloved music teacher who believed that music was as crucial to the development of the mind as math.—
Stephanie H. Murray,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Among the best of the too-clever ditties, in this case in clear tribute to the best of the Sgt. Pepper’s–era Beatles.—
Shana Naomi Krochmal,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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Many are rhythmic ditties verging on rap — fine for solos but indecipherable chorally, especially when the rhymes are so vague.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes pop star Cyndi Lauper, the hip-hop pioneers Outkast, the rock duo the White Stripes and grunge masters Soundgarden.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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After the game, Trump mocked pop star Taylor Swift, who is dating Mahomes’ teammate Travis Kelce.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Chant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chant. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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