coda

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Recent Examples of coda The verdict put a coda on a long-running legal saga that raised questions about safety standards at training sessions for police officers. Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026 The poster is honored with a coda. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026 To his credit, the filmmaker handles this dark material with considerable showmanship, shifting from the most striking chiaroscuro black-and-white to bursts of near-garish technicolor, giving each grim coda a distinct visual texture. Ben Croll, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026 Vegas bought more peak seasons; another team can pay Hanifin for his coda. Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coda
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coda
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
  • Hamlin used his Las Vegas victory last October to lock into NASCAR's championship-deciding finale three weeks later.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • DeGrom, who pitched in a back field game Sunday morning, was scheduled to wrap up spring training in the Arizona finale (or in a minor league game).
    Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Introduction, afterword and compilation copyright © 2026 by Property Of, Inc.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • The doctors at Daso include an octogenarian who once mistook fat for an appendix and other doctors whose board certifications appear to be overstated.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The appendix appears to have multiple functions, including immune and microbial ones.
    Lilia Goncharova, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026

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“Coda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coda. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.

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