as in chorus
an organized group of singers joined the choir for next year

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Recent Examples of choir The choir's artistic director, Ralf Schmitt, says the band's surviving members and the Mercury Phoenix Trust gave their blessing. Kate Bartlett, NPR, 30 Aug. 2025 Contortionists Unreal unsettled audience members as much as the choir had delighted them. Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025 The Norwegian Lutheran university is well-known for its choir, whose Christmastime concert is the feature of the annual Christmasfest, which also includes traditional Lutheran foods—like the delicious Lefse with lingonberry jam and less delicious gelatinous whitefish dish Lutefisk. Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 The sacred inheritance passed down from grandmothers who laughed even when there was little to laugh about, from church choirs that sang through sorrow, from front porches where stories and sweet tea flowed in equal measure. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for choir
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chorus
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  • While performance is a major part of their lives individually—Tracey becoming a chorus line dancer, the narrator becoming an assistant to a pop star—a performance element that is particularly striking here is the way Smith traces dance from past to present, from Africa through the diaspora.
    Lauren Morrow September 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Cook joined a number of other tech CEOs at a White House dinner this month, adding his voice to a chorus of praise for the president.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Choir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choir. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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