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as in hymn
a religious song
practiced a chorale to perform in church
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Recent Examples of chorale
Three years later, the follow-up, Caroline 2, expands outward in every direction, pairing scraggy, strummed chorales with heart-on-sleeve mantras and distorted furore.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025
The 70-voice chorale will be accompanied by an organist and a chamber orchestra.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Bendix was one of the 16 members of the symphony and the chorale who had lost their homes.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
The more complex toccatas and fugues had the highest entropy, while simpler chorales had the lowest.
—Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025
The 70-voice chorale will be accompanied by an organist and a chamber orchestra.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Bendix was one of the 16 members of the symphony and the chorale who had lost their homes.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
The more complex toccatas and fugues had the highest entropy, while simpler chorales had the lowest.
—Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chorale
Noun
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The songs themselves drew inspiration from real Shaker hymns from the 1700s.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Civil contributes his own piano playing too — notably a Bach hymn that serves as the story’s crowning moment of failure as triumph.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Trumps will get a tour of the chapel and a performance from its choir before Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife join the two couples alongside British and American military families.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Brown hopes to make the 3D printing plans and software open source, allowing choirs of dinosaur skull-instruments to be created everywhere.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The song was popularized as an anti-fascist anthem in Italy following World War II.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Celebrity contestants are taking the stage with personal anthem performances, launching a new season of competition and fan voting.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Dragon Lee then went to tear off El Grande’s mask to a chorus of boos.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Guitarist Benji Shanks offered a fiery solo before the bridge and stabbing, descending lines at the end of the chorus.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Archbishop Bernard Hebda addressed some 2,000 people at the vigil, where psalms were sung and the silences burrowed deep in the wide room.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Twin Cities,
28 Aug. 2025
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Kretzmer-Seed felt strongly about the inclusion of psalms from the Hallel service as well as a Spanish-Portuguese prayer for those in captivity, which was originally written for victims of the Spanish Inquisition.—
Marla Brown Fogelman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Chorale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chorale. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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