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Recent Examples of refrain
The volunteers who worked with him echoed the refrain.
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Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Now, economic nationalism is becoming a much more common refrain than free trade.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
Isogai-san, one of the patients in the nursing home where Riki used to work, never got tired of repeating this refrain.
—Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Like a rondo, the refrain of family alternates with the contrasting themes, ultimately building to its chilling coda.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
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Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Now, economic nationalism is becoming a much more common refrain than free trade.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
Isogai-san, one of the patients in the nursing home where Riki used to work, never got tired of repeating this refrain.
—Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Like a rondo, the refrain of family alternates with the contrasting themes, ultimately building to its chilling coda.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refrain
chorus
Noun
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During the past decade, Tranter has established himself as one of the music industry’s most reliable hitmakers, thanks to his clever, boisterous lyricism and dramatic, over-the-top choruses and hooks.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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And that’s really the chorus of The Fighter.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Refrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refrain. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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