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Recent Examples of chanter
The main chanter was Obsidian Tiburon, a Taino representative of the American Indian Movement who came down from Orlando to attend the protest.
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
For more material takeaways, each attendee was presented with a commemorative quarter featuring Native Hawaiian composer, dancer, chanter and hula teacher Edith Kanakaʻole, purchased by Gold House and shared by the first Native Hawaiian to lead the White House initiative, Krystal Ka‘ai.
—Lucia Ruan, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2023
You might be asked to sing along with a Zen-like group of spiritual chanters.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2023
Fung continued greeting people, walking away from the chanter, and remaining in the room as most of the crowd disappeared.
—Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2022
Edith Kanaka'ole, born in 1913, was an indigenous Hawaiian composer, chanter, dancer, teacher and entertainer.
—Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2022
The New York Post reported that an irate Dolan had directed security guards toward one teenage chanter.
—New York Times, 9 Feb. 2020
About a half hour after de Blasio was targeted, former Vice President Joe Biden's remarks were interrupted by chanters who loudly protested the Obama administration's deportation of immigrants, stopping the debate for several seconds.
—Jeremy Barr, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2019
Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
For more material takeaways, each attendee was presented with a commemorative quarter featuring Native Hawaiian composer, dancer, chanter and hula teacher Edith Kanakaʻole, purchased by Gold House and shared by the first Native Hawaiian to lead the White House initiative, Krystal Ka‘ai.
—Lucia Ruan, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2023
You might be asked to sing along with a Zen-like group of spiritual chanters.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2023
Fung continued greeting people, walking away from the chanter, and remaining in the room as most of the crowd disappeared.
—Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2022
Edith Kanaka'ole, born in 1913, was an indigenous Hawaiian composer, chanter, dancer, teacher and entertainer.
—Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2022
The New York Post reported that an irate Dolan had directed security guards toward one teenage chanter.
—New York Times, 9 Feb. 2020
About a half hour after de Blasio was targeted, former Vice President Joe Biden's remarks were interrupted by chanters who loudly protested the Obama administration's deportation of immigrants, stopping the debate for several seconds.
—Jeremy Barr, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chanter
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Announced on June 30, the policy change was supported by the congregation’s board and signed by the congregation’s two rabbis and two cantors, including Joanna Dulkin, who is the immediate past president of the 600-member Cantors Assembly, the professional association for Conservative cantors.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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Rabbis and cantors at Adath Jeshurun Congregation, a large synagogue in suburban Minneapolis, can now offer blessings, teachings and music during wedding ceremonies for intermarrying couples, as long as the ceremonies do not feature rituals from religions other than Judaism.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
7 July 2025
Noun
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The weight of the sound—incorporating five vocal soloists, thirty choristers, and thirty-three instrumentalists—harks back to lumbering mid-twentieth-century accounts by Otto Klemperer and Hermann Scherchen, before the original-instrument movement dictated light textures and fleet tempos.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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The voices of the opera’s chorus are being provided by a choir which John conducts, the Pacific Coast Chorale, supplemented by two onstage choristers.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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Vietti said the singer and his crew stopped by the store and grabbed a couple of items during their visit.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
15 Aug. 2025
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The singer's new album Wishbone mixes slow intimate moments with hit-worthy pop-rock cuts Upon announcing Wishbone earlier this year, Conan Gray described the experience of these songs pouring out of him over the last two years.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.—
Caitlin Harrington,
WIRED,
6 Oct. 2023
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Nevertheless, the songster’s rise to stardom is mystifying.—
Quartz,
Quartz,
25 Nov. 2022
Noun
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This week’s list includes a singer-songwriter behind several tracks on Gracie Abrams’ album The Secret of Us, the lead vocalist and guitarist for 5 Seconds of Summer, a rising dembow bélico star out of Mexico, and a yacht rock cover band that debuts with an original song.—
Xander Zellner,
Billboard,
6 Aug. 2025
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Throughout 2009 and 2010, Wunder toured with experimental vocalist Jarboe.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Chanter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanter. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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