coda

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Recent Examples of coda As the sweetly melodic ballad tapers, a gentle beat kicks in and Carey vocalizes words of religious praise over a syncopated coda for the last two minutes, her five-octave voice punctuating her patented melismatic style. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025 As if a perfect coda to a day of acrimony, Kennedy pulled out his phone and scrolled as Senators were winding down the day. Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Sep. 2025 The relative offered a coda to the shipwreck discovery story with a personal, and emotional, one of his own. Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Like a rondo, the refrain of family alternates with the contrasting themes, ultimately building to its chilling coda. Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coda
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coda
Noun
  • An epilogue sequence shows Lo has returned to work and written a story about the whole ordeal focused on Anne's contributions to cancer research.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In the epilogue, Edward kidnaps Bella.
    USA Today, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
  • The broadcaster confirmed on Monday that the show, which aired its Season 1 finale last week to 11 million viewers, will return with a new crop of stars next year.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
  • At eight seasons and 101 episodes (the final installment will run for 10 episodes) by the time of the series finale, Outlander is the longest-running original series in Starz history.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • As part of his daily routine, Combs, 55, is woken up for breakfast at 7 a.m. and afterwords has time to exercise in a room with yoga mats and a small basketball hoop, or to hang in a communal space with a ping-pong table and a TV.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2025
  • In the life of a Witch, there is no ‘after’ in the ‘ever after’ of a Witch there is no ‘happily;’ in the story of a Witch, there is no afterword.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Apparently, the chair was missing its appendix, a lever manufactured in Hungary roughly the same shape and size as sticks of an opiate called Thebaine.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The suit does not include an appendix showing the analysis, doesn’t say who conducted it, and NBC News could not independently verify the findings.
    Lauren Wilson, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025

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“Coda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coda. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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