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a composition in verse in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something
This poem is titled, "An Ode to My Mother."
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Recent Examples of ode
While bargain-minded diners tend to dominate the conversation during OC Restaurant Week (understandably so, as prices continue to soar), the annual ode to Orange County’s culinary landscape also doubles as a chance to splurge a little.
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
Both men stood atop Colbert’s desk as Fallon concluded his ode with a grace note encouraging Colbert to run for president in 2028.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026
To bring the project to life, Mangusta’s parent company Overmarine worked alongside design Alberto Mancini to ensure that the superyacht was a true ode to indoor-outdoor living.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2026
Every silhouette is an ode to freedom within discipline and pure lines.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
Both men stood atop Colbert’s desk as Fallon concluded his ode with a grace note encouraging Colbert to run for president in 2028.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026
To bring the project to life, Mangusta’s parent company Overmarine worked alongside design Alberto Mancini to ensure that the superyacht was a true ode to indoor-outdoor living.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2026
Every silhouette is an ode to freedom within discipline and pure lines.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ode
Noun
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Instead of tucking her poem away in a notebook, Santos decided to publish it in 2021.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The writer and performer composes poems, short stories and plays that highlight joys and contend with struggles.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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If Wyatt and Surrey could pen brilliant sonnets under Tudor tyranny, then certainly great art can be produced under capitalism despite its particular degradations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Today’s large language models can write sonnets and debug code.—
Nicole Fraenkel,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As the crowd screamed every lyric back to them, Raya-García leaned down from the stage to sign autographs for fans losing their minds in the front row.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2026
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The lyrics seem to be very much from your imagination.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There was clear rhyme and reason to the availability.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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His couplets—stitched together by a rhyme—typically saunter in contrary directions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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While voters are extremely interested in presidential contests and other high-profile races such as governor, most don’t pay attention to local contests, something both Democrats and Republicans lament.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2026
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Ravel imagined his Pavane not as a lament for a dead princess, but as a gentle dance for a little girl in a 16th century painting.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Sinners cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw, 46, made history as the first woman ever to win the Best Cinematography prize for her stunning visuals in the Southern vampire epic—yet another film with layered, complex female characters.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
16 Mar. 2026
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Upon entering the dense Finnish forest, I was introduced to the creation myth that begins the national epic of Finland and Karelia, The Kalevala – where the world is created through both songs and the becoming of organic beings.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
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After all, audiences may be captivated by the psalm singing itself, but then can also find more things that capture their imagination in the observational doc.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
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Gallagher is also excited about Psalms of the People (Salim Nan Daoine), Jack Archer’s Gaelic-language documentary about Scotland’s cultural heritage of traditional Gaelic psalm singing.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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The video was a standout moment alongside the romantic ballad, though, as Bruno picked up the guitar and delivered on the Latin love story with a mock wedding — and pulled on the heartstrings with a relationship that just about everyone would sign up to grow old for.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2026
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Born into an Ecuadorian-Guatemalan family, Southern California’s Trish Toledo first began signing cumbias and ballads before falling head-over-heels for the timeless pop, R&B and soul recordings from the ’60s and ’70s.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Ode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ode. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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