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Recent Examples of refrain
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies frequently reiterates the title’s refrain and draws parallels between AI superintelligence and the possibility of nuclear war.
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Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Viewers will hear a sing-song refrain in Phoenix after key buckets.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Normally, the Commission redacts or refrains from publishing proprietary details.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
After Erika gave her tribute to her husband, along with a powerful message of forgiveness for her husband’s killer, Musk echoed the refrain with a line from the Lord’s Prayer.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
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Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Viewers will hear a sing-song refrain in Phoenix after key buckets.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Normally, the Commission redacts or refrains from publishing proprietary details.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
After Erika gave her tribute to her husband, along with a powerful message of forgiveness for her husband’s killer, Musk echoed the refrain with a line from the Lord’s Prayer.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refrain
chorus
Noun
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Most of the song, the pre-chorus, chorus, all that stuff, that was really quick.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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Once the chorus comes back around, Beer happily performs on a float in the middle of the parade.—
Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Refrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refrain. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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