coda

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Recent Examples of coda As a coda, the final gallery reveals a wall-size collaboration between Pomara and multimedia artist Laura Kim. Benjamin Lima, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026 Vegas bought more peak seasons; another team can pay Hanifin for his coda. Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026 But the surprising climax, plus an amusing coda, brings it all home. Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026 And besides, by the time the 31st arrives, people are holiday-seasoned out, and New Year’s feels more like a Christmas coda. James Grebey, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coda
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Noun
  • Television would seem to be a medium well suited to epilogues.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • In a moving epilogue to the story, Shoval returns to Berlin next week in the company of David and Ariel Cunio and their families for a screening of the new version.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
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
  • In the finale, Kayce had ridden off into the sunset.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The season six finale ended on the cliffhanger that Jamie and Claire's daughter, Faith, may not have died after childbirth and in fact may have become a mother of her own, giving birth to daughters Jane and Fanny.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In an afterword, there are biographies of people well known to us (and some forgotten) who played a part in our city’s history.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
  • In her 1985 afterword to The Ha-Ha, Jennifer Dawson explores its sociopolitical and feminist implications, rather than religious or philosophical themes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Doctors at a Broward County urgent care clinic said her 13-year-old daughter’s appendix was at risk of bursting.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The winter Olympic games are often seen as more of an appendix to their larger summertime counterparts than a tentpole in themselves.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026

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“Coda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coda. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.

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