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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motets
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The machine’s repertoire included answers to 12 riddles, passages from books, and laughing, crying and kissing sounds, as well as arias sung in both male and female voices—all feats that Edison’s phonograph would one day be able to accomplish by recording and playing back the human voice.—
Ron Cowen,
Scientific American,
3 June 2026 -
Notable coloratura arias Coloratura arias are found in the works of Mozart, George Frideric Handel, and many other classical composers.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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The entertainment could be a little racier than being serenaded by a trio singing Greek power ballads at dinnertime.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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In the heart of the capital Praia, a city of under 200,000 residents, singers belt out morna ballads from restaurants — morna being Cape Verde's traditional music, with African and Portuguese influences.—
Ricci Shryock,
NPR,
27 May 2026
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Unlike her first album, the compositions rarely built toward pop choruses or easy, identifiable emotion.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
24 May 2026
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But there are no verses, and those choruses are surrounded by a series of instrumental passages with intricate guitar solos and tempo changes.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
22 May 2026
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The service Service staff here operate to the highest standards.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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In recent months, the scrutiny has expanded, with a new layer of fact-checking and standards installed by corporate.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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Over the course of Gregory Orr’s long career, his poems have become increasingly incantatory, more and more like chants or psalms, repeating, reformulating, reaching for the edges of the same rich metaphors.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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The epitome of that tradition is Choral Evensong, an evening service of hymns, psalms and prayers laid out by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant archbishop of the Church of England, in 1549.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The album features mountain songs, ballads and folk hymns that celebrate traditional American music.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
4 June 2026
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The service of hymns and prayer will be followed by a memorial roll call of members of the armed services who died in active duty.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
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“Motets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motets. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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