1
as in symmetry
a balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts
at present, the living room lacks consonance because all of the furniture is on one side
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2
as in accordance
a state of consistency
in good writing there is always consonance of thought and expression, as the use of simple words for simple thoughts
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Recent Examples of consonance
Dissonance dissolves into consonance, consonance is drowned in dissonance.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consonance
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However organized Smith’s images might appear to be in their composition and symmetry, spontaneity was essential and his work was very much like improv, his wife said.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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This breaks the mirror symmetry, and the weak force is the only force to do it.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Now, trend forecasts show that design professionals will favor more tone-on-tone, cohesive palettes that tend to offer a sense of calm, visual harmony, and longevity.—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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The group remains committed to intricate harmonies, which are a source of the album’s unique pleasures.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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In his closing remarks on Friday, IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez urged member states to work together and arrive at an accord over the next year.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
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That was not true after the Camp David accords.—
Carl Leubsdorf,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Special mention, too, goes to William David B John’s lush orchestrations and the show’s gorgeous choral work.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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The group’s follow-up, Music from ‘The Elder,’ was a 1982 concept album that added orchestration to the Kiss sound.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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The magnitude of his passing is of epic proportions, and beyond comprehension.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
17 Oct. 2025
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The numbers fluctuate over the years, but, as a broad trend, the improvement in pass completion and the number of passes made per game over the past decade was accompanied by a significant rise in goals scored and, in particular, the proportion of goals scored from open play.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Its improved flexibility, joint control, and mechanical balance enable it to mimic human movement more closely than ever before.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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Warm yet breathable, polo sweaters strike the ideal balance for fall weather.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Consonance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consonance. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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