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Recent Examples of melody
McAnally encouraged Tursi to cut out some of the quiet spaces in that guitar part, creating more melody.
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Tom Roland, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
The pup keeps staring at her, as if unsure about what to do, when suddenly the poster switches to barking and howling along to the melody, Saija immediately begins barking along.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
With each successive exchange, the replying chorus added another member, until the air was filled with a continuous melody of bugles, grunts, cow/calf calls, whistles and chuckles.
—Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
These unofficial remixes, uploaded from unremarkable accounts, create a kind of Satie-esque audio overdose, pounding the band’s melody into abstraction, pure stimulus.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
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Tom Roland, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
The pup keeps staring at her, as if unsure about what to do, when suddenly the poster switches to barking and howling along to the melody, Saija immediately begins barking along.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
With each successive exchange, the replying chorus added another member, until the air was filled with a continuous melody of bugles, grunts, cow/calf calls, whistles and chuckles.
—Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
These unofficial remixes, uploaded from unremarkable accounts, create a kind of Satie-esque audio overdose, pounding the band’s melody into abstraction, pure stimulus.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melody
Noun
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While updated for the social media age, the adaptation does include songs from the Broadway show.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Both captivated audiences with their inventive spin on musical comedies, featuring dynamic choreography and songs drawn from some of the biggest hits in Spanish and Latin pop music.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Getty Images for The Recording Academy From time to time, BTS fans collectively turn their attention to one tune from the South Korean boy band’s catalog, turning it into a focus track, perhaps for the first time.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Rick Davies of Supertramp 1944-2025 thanks for the great tunes.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Melody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melody. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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