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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Most of the time, your heart and lungs sound like an orchestra warming up and playing out of tune and time.
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Anna Haines, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Before the film begins, the 160,000 square foot LED screen is designed to look like Radio City — another Dolan property — with the curtain down and sound of an orchestra tuning up in the background.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
As Abrams' musical journey in Louisville continues over the next three years, the music director plans to continue elevating orchestral music as a form of public service and as an example of the next frontier for orchestras.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 26 Aug. 2025
An orchestra is layered over African drums, and shots of Congolese laborers stacking and rolling goods are intercut with shots of dances.
—Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
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Anna Haines, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Before the film begins, the 160,000 square foot LED screen is designed to look like Radio City — another Dolan property — with the curtain down and sound of an orchestra tuning up in the background.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
As Abrams' musical journey in Louisville continues over the next three years, the music director plans to continue elevating orchestral music as a form of public service and as an example of the next frontier for orchestras.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 26 Aug. 2025
An orchestra is layered over African drums, and shots of Congolese laborers stacking and rolling goods are intercut with shots of dances.
—Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchestra
Noun
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Beethoven’s most popular symphony.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Sep. 2025
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From Wall Street analyst to style blogger, investor, content creator, and now founder of the luxury hat brand CHORD, her career has been a symphony of pivot points and reinvention.—
Gabby Shacknai,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 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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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 9 Sep. 2025.
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