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
King Gizzard tried something new (again) by recording with an orchestra on Phantom Island, and Maruja combined brutally heavy riffs with a smooth saxophone for the powerful offering that is Pain to Power.
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Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
The famous pig, still 4, will present the concerts alongside a full orchestra playing songs from the TV show.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 26 Dec. 2025
He was backed by a small orchestra that assembled on the gridiron, along with energetic dancers dressed in suits that suggested candy canes.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 25 Dec. 2025
Yet another way the Kenneh-Masons maintain harmony, an orchestra greater than the sum of its parts, this most remarkable of septets.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
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Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
The famous pig, still 4, will present the concerts alongside a full orchestra playing songs from the TV show.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 26 Dec. 2025
He was backed by a small orchestra that assembled on the gridiron, along with energetic dancers dressed in suits that suggested candy canes.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 25 Dec. 2025
Yet another way the Kenneh-Masons maintain harmony, an orchestra greater than the sum of its parts, this most remarkable of septets.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchestra
Noun
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Although the concert is free, the symphony is accepting donations.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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This is really the only collaboration of its kind the symphony does in Central Texas.—
Tom Kilgore,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Gabe is an active member of the symphonic band, Green Hill philharmonic winds, the Green Hill brass quintet and the Spirit of Green Hill Marching Band, leading by example through hard work and dedication.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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Back in New York their evenings were spent at the ballet, the philharmonic, the opera.—
Irina Aleksander,
Vogue,
11 Dec. 2024
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“Orchestra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchestra. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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