solos

noun

plural of solo
as in vocals

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  1. vocals
  2. ballads
  3. choruses
  4. ditties
  5. songs
  6. lyrics
  7. arias
  8. jingles
Noun
  • Strange Sensation into this world of sharing vocals and working around another singer, adapting to someone else’s vocal style.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
  • This soundbar is specifically designed to help clarify dialogue by raising vocals and clearing pronunciation.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 15 July 2026
Definition of vocals
Noun
  • But in keeping with its protagonist’s difficulty staring at his feelings head-on, The Vampire Lestat—and the marketing that preceded its premiere—doesn’t start with ballads or sensual odes to far-reaching love.
    — Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
  • As the group grew in fame and notoriety, their sound evolved, mixing heavy metal with more emotional, dynamic ballads.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of ballads
Noun
  • Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, the band became gay icons overnight.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Notorious Knicks villains such as Trae Young, Joel Embiid and CJ McCollum received similarly contentious choruses in recent postseasons.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026
Definition of choruses
Noun
  • But, as with effectively a new group needing to gel, time was always going to be required for heroes to emerge and inspire terrace chants to replace or supplement the ditties to ‘Super Paul Mullin’, ‘White Pele’ (Elliot Lee) et al.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • The songs, by Randy Newman, are simple but charming little ditties, particularly the ensemble numbers where this makeshift band of misfits express their devotion to one another.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of ditties
Noun
  • Within four days, the trio had completed six songs, adopting a simple philosophy that carried through the entire record.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 17 July 2026
  • Still, James and Ian Felice have been writing songs that have shaped both their peers and younger musicians.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026
Definition of songs
Noun
  • When Branch wiped her Instagram profile and began posting cryptic photos using lyrics from The Spirit Room, everyone freaked out.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
  • In the early days of the war, Union troops from Boston had borrowed the familiar melody of a religious camp meeting song and added new lyrics lionizing John Brown, the leader of the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia).
    — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
Definition of lyrics
Noun
  • The machine’s repertoire included answers to 12 riddles, passages from books, and laughing, crying and kissing sounds, as well as arias sung in both male and female voices—all feats that Edison’s phonograph would one day be able to accomplish by recording and playing back the human voice.
    — Ron Cowen, Scientific American, 3 June 2026
  • Notable coloratura arias Coloratura arias are found in the works of Mozart, George Frideric Handel, and many other classical composers.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Definition of arias
Noun
  • The artists will be fine, but the guys who do commercial music, film music, advertising music, jingles, and everything, they will be replaced.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026
  • The show’s jingles about the virus also play intermittently throughout the day and residents are able to call in with questions.
    — Ope Adetayo, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
Definition of jingles
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