coda

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Recent Examples of coda 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 Arguably the definitive Sabbath song, its unconventional structure somehow combines a slow, doom-laden intro, a stop-start rhythm on the verses, and a classic riff on the instrumental passages that lead into the chorus, and even a coda with a different instrumental section. Monte Conner, Variety, 22 July 2025 After the violence settles, a brief coda reveals where everyone in Eddington ended up. Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 July 2025 Sinner plowed through an ailing Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-3, 6-4, in a match that could serve as a sad, unfortunate coda to one of the most remarkable grass careers in tennis history. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for coda
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Noun
  • The epilogue documents the outcomes for those involved.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Jakob describes the album, which is due out later this year, as an epilogue for a band who never got to say a proper goodbye.
    Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 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 way this is structured almost mandates some sort of big episode 4 finale and cliffhanger to get people to return of the second half, where previously the entire point of the binge was the freedom to tell stories without restrictions like that.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Leaves sparkle on tree limbs like gemstones and flowering plants gear up for their season finale.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 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
  • Their analysis, which includes seven figures, thirteen tables, six appendices, and nearly 25,000 words, revealed three main findings.
    Ge Bai, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In a heartfelt Instagram post, the conservationist revealed the removal of 51 endometriosis lesions, a chocolate cyst, her appendix, and repair of a hernia from childbirth.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025

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“Coda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coda. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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