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Recent Examples of orchestral
In Los Angeles, after the dancers, the Hollywood Philharmonic took the stage for orchestral takes of some of the group’s hits.
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
The orchestral backing is often trite, cycling through the same progressions for what feels like minutes at a time.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
What will make this concert especially intriguing is finding out which of their other albums have been adapted for orchestral treatments.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
Powell had been there days earlier working with a sizeable orchestra on majestic orchestral sounds.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
The orchestral backing is often trite, cycling through the same progressions for what feels like minutes at a time.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
What will make this concert especially intriguing is finding out which of their other albums have been adapted for orchestral treatments.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
Powell had been there days earlier working with a sizeable orchestra on majestic orchestral sounds.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchestral
Adjective
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For starters, there weren’t a lot of participants and thus few stirring harmonic intersections in the walking part of the piece.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2025
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Similarly, when accomplished jazz musicians collaborate with generative AI to compose new pieces, the algorithm's vast knowledge of harmonic possibilities, combined with the musician's emotional intuition, creates symphonies beyond what either could achieve independently.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Get in on the trend in this subtly boxy shirt with allover tonal floral lace embroidery.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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Picking up in a universe near the one represented in Mott’s last book, the award-winning Hell of A Book, People Like Us involves the same tonal gymnastics.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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To aid absorption of the magnesium oil, prepare the skin with gentle dry bushing to promote circulation, then rub the magnesium oil into the legs using firm, upwards strokes, moving from the feet and ankles with deep, rhythmic movements upward to the thighs.—
Valentina Bottoni,
Vogue,
29 May 2025
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Alcaraz and his team know this better than anyone, which is why the Spaniard, 22, came to this year’s Australian Open with a new, more rhythmic service motion.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The album is almost entirely instrumental, featuring a polyphonic blend of percussion, strings, keyboards, synths, and woodwinds, with André’s flute driving the downbeat.—
Ime Ekpo,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Walter, whose polyphonic sensibility first charmed me in Beautiful Ruins, has here made something salty, sinewy, and satisfying from fairly tough material.—
Emily Temple
May 27,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2025
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Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Learning Greene’s chordal vocabulary on this record, living in his perfect counterpoint, is a constant inspiration for me.—
Giovanni Russonello,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
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The content creator also used a homophonic slur at several points throughout the clip.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2024
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Soth, who is based in Minneapolis, is best known for his large-format photography that blends documentary realism with lyrical storytelling.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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Joel Alfonso Vargas brings raw authenticity and lyrical vision to a coming-of-age story that pulses with life and urgency.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
1 July 2025
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In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.—
Seth Colter Walls,
New York Times,
26 Aug. 2022
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Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
25 June 2022
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“Orchestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchestral. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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