as in performance
an entertainment featuring singing or the playing of musical instruments
during the summer various groups give concerts on the town green
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as in to arrange
to bring about through discussion and compromise
warned that the rain forests are in danger of extinction unless the world's industrial powers concert a plan to prevent such an occurrence
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as in to collaborate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end
the governor is eager to concert with the federal authorities on this matter
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Recent Examples of concert
Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2026
Ed has covered pop music for The Republic since 2007, reviewing festivals and concerts, interviewing legends, covering the local scene and more.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
The Beatles stopped touring at the end of 1966 and disbanded in 1970, which makes the Comiskey Park concert a unique moment in time.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Pipa player Gao Hong and the Carleton College Chinese Music Ensemble got things started with a pre-show in the atrium before the concert.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2026
Ed has covered pop music for The Republic since 2007, reviewing festivals and concerts, interviewing legends, covering the local scene and more.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
Before Doncic – who this summer signed a three-year, $165 million extension and celebrated with Lakers’ brass at a Backstreet Boys concert in Las Vegas – had settled in as a Laker.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
The Beatles stopped touring at the end of 1966 and disbanded in 1970, which makes the Comiskey Park concert a unique moment in time.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concert
Noun
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Designed to deliver comparable performance to the ZX135-7 diesel excavator, the ZX135-7EB model will incur lower maintenance costs and extend working hours.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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So, with everything that has happened over the past two weeks, Spurs deserve a lot of praise for their first-half performance against Arsenal.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Babysitting can also be arranged through the concierge for a fee.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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Glass jars full of tea leaves are arranged around the Kochi Cafe room.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The pair married in 2022 and have collaborated on a handful of songs together.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
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The universities of Chicago, Northwestern and Illinois are on all lists of top-tier research institutions in the world, and their scientists collaborate with those at suburban Argonne and Fermilab.—
Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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The festival received the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board’s support earlier this month.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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This full-day event, open to all festival badgeholders, will explore the enduring global obsession with stories of mystery, justice and deception, from prestige documentaries and investigative journalism to hit television series and chart-topping podcasts.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The coalition parties together hold only 66 of the lower house of parliament’s 150 seats, so Jetten will have to negotiate with opposition lawmakers to find support for every piece of legislation his government wants to pass.—
Mike Corder,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Centrist leaders in the United Kingdom, France and Germany resist spending a larger percentage of their strained budgets defending against a Russian threat that their far-right populist opponents might think can be easily negotiated away.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Most local agencies, including Escondido, routinely cooperated with federal immigration enforcement until state Senate Bill 54 took effect in 2018.—
Stacy Brandt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Premier Li Qiang told Merz that China wished to cooperate in areas such as automobiles and chemicals as well as emerging fields including artificial intelligence and biomedicine.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The contrast makes an American happy: on the one side, tradition, serious public performance, luxury; on the other, émigré teachers, amateur musicales and family shenanigans, casual summers in the modest countryside.—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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Hyacinth Bridgerton and Gareth St. Clair meet at the Smythe-Smith musicale, an annual performance by one of London’s most notorious quartets.—
Leah Campano,
Seventeen,
24 Mar. 2022
Verb
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That concludes today’s Sports Report Olympic Edition newsletter.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Serafini, who wanted to testify in his trial but was advised not to, concluded his testimony Friday morning in the evidentiary hearing.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Concert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concert. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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