coda

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Recent Examples of coda This could indicate that sperm whale coda vocalizations may represent close parallels to how human speech is organized. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Nov. 2025 Wright, however, adds a coda that, without spoiling anything, introduces something extra to the zero-sum game. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025 But Saturday’s coda hardly matched everything that came before it. Pete Sampson, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025 That was followed by a shiny-happy coda, a significant time jump, and then the launch of a brand-new case involving a plot to assassinate the governor of California and/or POTUS. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coda
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Noun
  • Another piece of evidence from the theory points out how Dustin's girlfriend Suzie (Gabriella Pizzolo) and Robin's (Maya Hawke) girlfriend Vickie (Amybeth McNulty) are both missing from the finale epilogue.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The hit Netflix show ended its nine-year run with a long, emotional, very ’80s epilogue.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 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
  • McLendon has spent the last two seasons on the practice squad prior to making his Dolphins debut during the season finale against the New England Patriots.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Stranger Things fans have been sharing a theory called Conformity Gate that posits the events of the finale actually didn't happen.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Treatment for the condition generally involves antibiotics and surgical removal of the appendix, per Mayo Clinic.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • According to the accompanying appendix, which outlined the accusations and was under seal until Tuesday, Remington penned the bulk of Hyland’s opinion denying the defense’s dismissal motion, constituting a clear breach of Wisconsin’s judicial code of conduct.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2025

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“Coda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coda. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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