as in emotion
a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation
the story of the family's woes struck a sympathetic chord with newspaper readers
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Relevance
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as in to correspond
to be in agreement on every point
the revised system chords perfectly with the original goals
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Recent Examples of chord
Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
That's why Moose's story has struck such a chord online.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
With the brand new Mike McCready Stratocaster, the artist now has a guitar designed to his specifics, including a custom pickup set to sound like his 1960 Stratocaster, a six-point tremolo, and a fingerboard radius that has enough arc for chording and easier note bending.
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 12 Sep. 2023
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Noun
His solo music is much more guitar-forward, all math rock freakouts and intricate chord progressions.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
That's why Moose's story has struck such a chord online.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
Hypersonic passenger planes, deep-sea thermal-energy power plants, chording keyboards—all have their adherents, eager to jump at the chance of covering their infatuation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
With the brand new Mike McCready Stratocaster, the artist now has a guitar designed to his specifics, including a custom pickup set to sound like his 1960 Stratocaster, a six-point tremolo, and a fingerboard radius that has enough arc for chording and easier note bending.
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 12 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chord
Noun
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There is nothing left now but rhythm and exhaustion and raw emotion and stardust bursting out of you.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The show’s palette trends toward bottle-green woods, gauzy golden light, dusky midnight-blue nighttime scenes, and grimly gray interiors, and within those tableaus, Task’s male characters are gorgeously aggrieved, emotion pouring off of them like coffee from a Wawa urn.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Following the success of EA’s 2024 return to college football, the company teased a corresponding basketball series this June.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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In the corresponding quarter last year, comparable store sales were down 21 percent.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While Schneider was expressing his feelings about the unknown state of Judge’s normally rocket arm, the Yankees seemed weary about answering these kind of inquiries.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Fortunately, there is one way to get that tropical feeling without ever stepping on a plane.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Strikingly, this rapid shift coincided with major alterations in genes linked to autism—likely shaped by natural selection factors unique to the human species.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Kensington Palace confirmed that William will carry out royal duties Monday through Wednesday, directly coinciding with Harry’s planned public appearances.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This has for decades been underpinned by voluntary pricing agreements — voluntary in the sense that non-voluntary terms would have been worse — between the industry and the NHS.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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There is no sense of responsibility or critical assessment of the causes of the refusal to publish in Israel while the massacre continues.—
Uriel Kon
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Columbia, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania have made deals with the Administration to restore their funding, and other universities have conformed to what the Administration seems to want in order to avoid becoming targets themselves.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Courtesy of the artist and Le Random Bauman joined an existing team conformed by CEO thefunnyguys and CFO/COO Zack Taylor, who head the company’s operations and strategic planning.—
Ana María Caballero,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The gift set is a small TIE Fighter with a hangar rack that fits into the main set.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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One of the zippered pockets is even large enough to fit a passport, making these a great option for travel days as well.—
Anne Taylor,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Especially love the rapid-fire rhyming shout-outs to some of the fair's finer delicacies.—
Piet Levy,
jsonline.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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He’s become known for rhyming in hushed tones over melancholy production, a sound that’s birthed an entire wing of like-minded indie rappers.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Chord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chord. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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