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as in vocalizing
to produce musical sounds with the voice
monks chanting fervently at matins
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Recent Examples of chanting
Iranians who were chanting against the supreme leader are now watching foreign bombs fall on their cities.
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Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
People marched from the farmer’s market marquee in the park to the North Natomas Library, past Interkum High, chanting and carrying signs.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Since then, crowds for their games have been populated by Japanese locals donning their jerseys, painting their faces, and chanting the Czech team name before each pitch their team throws or sees.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
In a voice note sent by the second Tehran resident on Wednesday night, the sound of pro-regime demonstrators who had gathered for the first day of official mourning for Khamenei can be heard chanting in the background.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
Some gather in Tehran’s metro stations to shelter from bombardment while chanting anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Inside Iran, people are openly and courageously chanting his name.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 4 Mar. 2026
With Swampscott fans chanting in anticipation of victory, Fein took the inbounds pass, dribbled further away from the basket to avoid a double team, and launched a shot that hit nothing but net, prompting a wild on-court celebration for Norwell.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Some gather in Tehran’s metro stations to shelter from bombardment while chanting anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
People marched from the farmer’s market marquee in the park to the North Natomas Library, past Interkum High, chanting and carrying signs.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Since then, crowds for their games have been populated by Japanese locals donning their jerseys, painting their faces, and chanting the Czech team name before each pitch their team throws or sees.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
In a voice note sent by the second Tehran resident on Wednesday night, the sound of pro-regime demonstrators who had gathered for the first day of official mourning for Khamenei can be heard chanting in the background.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
Some gather in Tehran’s metro stations to shelter from bombardment while chanting anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Inside Iran, people are openly and courageously chanting his name.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 4 Mar. 2026
With Swampscott fans chanting in anticipation of victory, Fein took the inbounds pass, dribbled further away from the basket to avoid a double team, and launched a shot that hit nothing but net, prompting a wild on-court celebration for Norwell.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Some gather in Tehran’s metro stations to shelter from bombardment while chanting anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chanting
intoning
Verb
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The news site Deadspin took clips of different anchors intoning the same words and laid them over one another to make a hellish cacophony.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Chanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanting. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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