as in symphony
a usually large group of musicians playing together the orchestra will be performing a selection of Beethoven pieces tomorrow night

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Recent Examples of orchestra Salonen’s first season had to be streamed during lockdown but became the most technologically imaginative of any isolated orchestra. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025 The program then transitions into the Romantic and modern eras with Manuel de Falla’s La Vida Breve and Isaac Albéniz’s iconic Asturias, arranged for guitar orchestra. News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025 Horses in the stables; orchestras above the swimming pools; electric cabinets humming in sweet-smelling bathhouses. Literary Hub, 4 June 2025 Listening to the elegant orchestra, the clown suit didn’t seem so bad. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for orchestra
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Noun
  • As commuters unload from carpools passing through the parking lot of a Tri-Rail station on a recent weekday morning, they’re greeted by a symphony of construction while waiting for their trains.
    CD Goette-Luciak, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
  • Some of these are symphony bookings, some are venue rentals by the world’s two largest concert promoters, Live Nation and AEG/Goldenvoice.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Back in New York their evenings were spent at the ballet, the philharmonic, the opera.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The philharmonic then contracted with Tracey Levy of Levy Employment Law to conduct an independent second investigation.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024

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“Orchestra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchestra. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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