intonations

plural of intonation

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Noun
  • From bouncy dancehall riddims and hip-hop production inflections to tender country and western guitar licks, Treasure Self Love distills Iké’s wide range of childhood music into a succinct 11-track study of achieving wholeness by unflinchingly examining the darkest parts of your past.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The Sweet Dove Died is considered Pym’s most Jamesian work and there are inflections of the Master in the themes of falling out of love, renunciation, and collecting—the pursuit of beauty falling short.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Northeast has always been very strong in culture and in its own ways of doing things, its own way of speaking, with our own accents, and the money was always historically concentrated in the Southeast.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This limited edition features a 42 mm titanium case, a blue gradient dial, and a blue leather strap with black rubber accents.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Intonations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intonations. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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