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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
From singing, dancing, and chanting, Ghana fans brought the party to Stateside Live in South Philadelphia on Saturday.
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Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
The fisherman’s son ended up standing in Yankee Stadium with fifty thousand people chanting his name, and the old man finally understood why the boy wouldn’t fish.
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Anthony Scaramucci,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
The gathering would be more about healing the past than chanting hymns and Hail Marys, said Sandy.
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Rufus Walker,
Rolling Stone,
28 June 2026
With the team tied for last in the American League and fans chanting for the owner to sell, coaches and manager Kurt Suzuki are assured job security through the end of the season.
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Joaquin Ruiz,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Once Rome’s mayor cut the ribbon at the Stadium of the Marbles, visitors streamed in singing, chanting, waving flags.
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ABC News,
27 June 2026
The match was soured by homophobic chanting from the Mexico supporters in the first half but there was no action taken at the time by the referee.
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Jack Lang,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
After hours of anticipation and beer-drenched chanting in the streets, every minute of the game seems to fly.
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Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 June 2026
While there were no vuvuzelas, the plastic trumpets that put South Africa on the map during the 2010 World Cup, there was lots of chanting and cheering on site.
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Gabriel Sama,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
The fisherman’s son ended up standing in Yankee Stadium with fifty thousand people chanting his name, and the old man finally understood why the boy wouldn’t fish.
—
Anthony Scaramucci,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
The gathering would be more about healing the past than chanting hymns and Hail Marys, said Sandy.
—
Rufus Walker,
Rolling Stone,
28 June 2026
With the team tied for last in the American League and fans chanting for the owner to sell, coaches and manager Kurt Suzuki are assured job security through the end of the season.
—
Joaquin Ruiz,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Once Rome’s mayor cut the ribbon at the Stadium of the Marbles, visitors streamed in singing, chanting, waving flags.
—
ABC News,
27 June 2026
The match was soured by homophobic chanting from the Mexico supporters in the first half but there was no action taken at the time by the referee.
—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
After hours of anticipation and beer-drenched chanting in the streets, every minute of the game seems to fly.
—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 June 2026
While there were no vuvuzelas, the plastic trumpets that put South Africa on the map during the 2010 World Cup, there was lots of chanting and cheering on site.
—
Gabriel Sama,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chanting
intoning
Verb
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When reading Blake in a Harlem apartment in 1948, Ginsberg was struck with a vision of the Romantic poet, intoning his own verse in his own voice.
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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.
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“Chanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanting. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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