noels

Definition of noelsnext
plural of noel

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Noun
  • Point spreads and moneylines ran constantly through my head, mingling with the omnipresent Christmas carols to create a strange backbeat to the holiday season.
    McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Each year, Music Hall fills with twinkling lights, the sound of nostalgic carols and the joy of thousands of audience members at Holiday Pops.
    Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • By weaving together songs, sounds, words, and visuals, Psalms gives audiences a real feel for the broader culture.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Like a typical Catholic Mass, scriptures, psalms and gospels will be read and the Holy Communion will be given.
    Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The first is rewriting public-domain hymns with community members to sing at protests.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, the words written in her autobiography served as the guide for the two-hour service filled with hymns and scriptures, as Christ Episcopal Church rector Father Jonathan Archer read a passage from the book which was published in 2000 during her memorial on Friday.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Yet the ballads are also strong, conveying palpable sorrow as the family members figure up their losses.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 19 Mar. 2026
  • For years, the Oscars’ in memoriam segment has been scored with weepy music and sentimental ballads.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • At Merkin Hall, Chanticleer rings in the semiquincentennial with a new work by Trevor Weston, which spotlights the legacy of African American spirituals.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
  • As iconic church songs that have crossed over into secular spirituals, they were written to be memorable and singable, crowd-tested for at least a couple of generations.
    David W. Stowe, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Synchronized blinking faded when the researchers sped up the Bach chorales to 120 beats per minute.
    Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Gustave Doré, the celebrated French illustrator, did elaborate engravings for the three canticles in the mid-19th century and devoted 99 out of 135 of them to Dante Alighieri’s darkest scenes.
    Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Recorded a few months after Dogs came out, Megacity Madness spotlights several of the album’s most potent feel-bad anthems.
    Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Just before midnight, the masterful mashup duo, Loud Luxury took the stage with a rapid-fire mashup set that jumped between throwbacks and club anthems in unexpected combinations.
    Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Noels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noels. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.

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