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Recent Examples of crooner
This was a new guitar-wielding D’Angelo, in a bandana or a top hat, more Sly and George Clinton than seductive soul crooner.
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Marcus J. Moore, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025
Irving Azoff‘s Iconic Artists Group has acquired a stake in the estate of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
The soulful crooner never married.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
The jazz crooner died of a heart attack six years later in 1973 at age 37, while recovering from open-heart surgery.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Marcus J. Moore, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025
Irving Azoff‘s Iconic Artists Group has acquired a stake in the estate of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
The soulful crooner never married.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
The jazz crooner died of a heart attack six years later in 1973 at age 37, while recovering from open-heart surgery.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crooner
Noun
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Weir took his place as a key songwriter and singer, in addition to rhythm guitar.—
Adam Levine,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
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Earlier this year, the country singer shared a recipe for her mom’s famous cherry cookies just in time for Valentine’s Day.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The story of these New World warblers was written within the past 10 million years or so – relatively recently in evolutionary terms.—
David Toews,
The Conversation,
11 Dec. 2025
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Finally, someone catches a good look at the tiny bird and IDs it as a Cape May warbler.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But don’t discount soul belter Olivia Dean and R&B revivalist Leon Thomas.—
Maura Johnston,
Rolling Stone,
10 Dec. 2025
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He’s created 18 songs in disparate styles, from bouncy pop to vintage Vaudeville splash and dazzle (with catchy choreography by Joey Miller) to booming belters a la Adele to a deliciously funky rebellion of the snow queens.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
23 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The attraction is local jazz/soul vocalist Ysanne.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
10 Jan. 2026
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Few people would consider a career as a regional, impersonator-style vocalist to be worthwhile; even fewer would, having attained such a career, try to make themselves into something more than a novelty act.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.—
Caitlin Harrington,
WIRED,
6 Oct. 2023
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Nevertheless, the songster’s rise to stardom is mystifying.—
Quartz,
Quartz,
25 Nov. 2022
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“Crooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crooner. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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