CODA Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

coda

noun

Definition of coda

as in epilogue

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Recent Examples of coda Elite players have a long, slow coda of erosion, but Bowman needs to acquire players under 30 this summer who can play in key roles. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 12 June 2026 The book’s coda is a collection of exciting recipes from pals. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 8 June 2026 The 79th Annual Tony Awards were a fitting coda to the 2025–26 Broadway season, offering all the requisite nostalgia, vocal prowess, ensemble energy, and a generous amount of pelvic thrusting. — Lea Donenberg, Vogue, 8 June 2026 Those are the celebrated opening lines of the first part of Howl’s three parts and its footnoted coda, with that initial sentence running-on for seventy-eight frenetic lines. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for coda

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Noun

If an otherwise unexceptional song on Mount Zero is nearing its conclusion, be prepared for an epilogue where Medlyn or Elphick clicks on the distortion.

— Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026
In the film’s epilogue, Charlie takes the train to see Nick at Leeds.

— Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Definition of epilogue

Noun

The event is led by Bob Lundy and Elizabeth Yahn Williams with preludes and postludes of pianist Andrew Wong and assisted by artist Marion Wong, illustrator of the HAÏKU for an Artist series.

— San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2019
The dance now continues and switches gears as sound bites of Ailey and of Mr. Harris present a postlude suggesting them in conversation.

— Robert Greskovic, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018

Definition of postlude

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Ranger Suarez also is set to return to from the IL to start in Sunday’s series finale against the Blue Jays.

— Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 26 July 2026
The first story was set in the 1980s while the second volume, recently wrapped, was set in the 1990s, at the dawn of the Internet age and culminated with a shocking finale that left readers’ jaws on the forest floor.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2026

Definition of finale

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Peter the Great’s dream The Sea of Azov is an inland sea that sits between the southern shores of Ukraine and Russia, a kind of an appendix to the bigger Black Sea.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
The film’s story, much of it developed from Tolkien’s appendices, is set between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 14 July 2026

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