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Recent Examples of consonance Dissonance dissolves into consonance, consonance is drowned in dissonance. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024 The simile is novel and yet the sort of thing a young woman would think; there is assonance and consonance seesawing across the sentence, which is slow and gorgeous rather than quick and thrilling. Joanna Biggs, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024 The Summit for Democracy—the global gathering of democratic government leaders, civil society, and the business community—would be an obvious venue for the United States to work with allies on hostage diplomacy, given its threat to human rights and consonance with authoritarianism. Danielle Gilbert, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2022 The consonance sounds Intermission. Rebecca Wright and Olha Konovalova, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022 See All Example Sentences for consonance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consonance
Noun
  • Aim for symmetry with your arms for proper circulation.
    Andee Tagle, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Libras would also appreciate a gift card for a manicure, or a piece of art, or a print that uses symmetry or paired imagery as a nod to their scale symbol.
    Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The notice says the removal of telework as a reasonable accommodation, which is given to employees with disabilities, was done in accordance with President Donald Trump’s presidential memorandum issued on Feb. 7 that required federal employees to transition to full-time, in-person work.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement In the 1940s, the Department of Defense was given its current name, and department officials were titled in accordance.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And yet, Doja continuously taps the well while adapting it to her own aesthetic, moving fluidly between sweet harmonies and nimble raps in classic Doja form.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Ten years on from the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the vision of improving lives everywhere in harmony with our planet is under unprecedented strain.
    Sebastian Buckup, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But Israeli critics say the accords instead set the stage for a surge in violence by Palestinian militants.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Not every major player has signed those accords (notably China and Russia); however, other nations have signaled alternative approaches to resource governance and cooperation.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Without proper orchestration, your effective output can be zero.
    Marco Argenti, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • While independent reviews have dismissed claims of FBI orchestration, Patel’s criticism of Wray keeps pressure on the bureau, and his contradictory comments to Trump's regarding January 6 highlight divisions within the Republican Party over how to interpret the events at the Capitol.
    Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Their 105mm rise kept proportion taut, while the cutout ankle strap echoed the house’s ongoing exploration of tactile hardware — recently updated with T-Latch sandals and tortoiseshell-heel variations, as seen on Kylie Jenner walking into the show.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Vitor Pereira’s side have generated a good proportion of shots inside the box at 70 per cent, but no player has attempted more than wide attacker Rodrigo Gomes (seven, level with their striker Jorgen Strand Larsen), who has featured for just 166 minutes.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This neurocosmetic innovation, inspired by Nobel Prize-winning research on touch receptors, works by activating sensory pathways in the skin to trigger the release of mood-regulating biomarkers, establishing a continuous feedback loop between skin repair and emotional balance.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Over the first three weeks, the 49ers somehow maintained their balance as cracks and fissures formed all over their lineup.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Consonance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consonance. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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