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as in version
a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view jazzy renditions of some familiar pop standards

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as in submission
the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another the rendition of the prisoner to the country where the crime was committed

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Recent Examples of rendition Joining Zauner and her bandmates for the special rendition of the Plastic Beach hit was Ginger Root, who’s currently opening for them on tour, while Japanese Breakfast touring member Christabel Lin played the song’s earworm riff on electric violin. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2025 This year's rendition uses black as the primary color throughout the jersey and white pants. Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025 For the rendition, Musgraves kicked off the first verse, before sharing lines in the chorus with Finneas. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025 Looking back, Soni remembers the background actors’ reaction to Groff’s rendition. Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rendition
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Noun
  • Manufacturers have gone directly to Chinese social media platforms Red Note and Douyin, the local version of TikTok, to ask consumers to support them, but fatigue is growing, pointed out Ashley Dudarenok, founder of ChoZan, a China marketing consultancy.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Gandolfini’s son, Michael Gandolfini, played the younger version of Tony Soprano in the film.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2025
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  • This budget is not a final submission and anything that is submitted would need the approval of Congress to be implemented.
    Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
  • As part of his tightening grip on power, and his assault on 200-plus years of checks and balances, President Trump has bludgeoned some of the nation’s leading law firms into shameful submission, extracting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of free legal work for his pet causes.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Civil rights activists said the law and its broader interpretation to include women and other minority groups has made a difference in public sector jobs, including in agencies like fire departments where women had sometimes been denied access.
    Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • But Andrade said that Sheeran’s interpretation of the law is questionable at best.
    Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2025
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  • Military leaders pushed those possibilities to hellish extremes, following the logic that killing civilians might induce surrender.
    Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
  • History has long taught us that such appeasement doesn’t work when concession is seen as weakness—or even as surrender.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Rendition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rendition. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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