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solos

noun

plural of solo

as in vocals

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Noun

Jagger penned new lyrics, recorded new vocals, and presto — the band made its last classic.

— Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Multitracking his voice into a haunted choir, the effect as his vocals rise and cut out is absolutely gutting.

— Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026

Definition of vocals

Noun

These standout ballads touted a rugged lifestyle with elements of organized crime, which aided his primo’s ascent to the mainstream.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
These songs were less detailed than the ballads but conveyed intense emotion gleaned from an often hardscrabble existence.

— Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 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

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Produced again by the classic-rocker whisperer Andrew Watt (Paul McCartney, Elton John, Pearl Jam), the band delivers a clutch of strong songs.

— Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
But we writers of historical fiction should never forget, in our focus on the vast sweep of time and change, that the symphony itself is composed of lots of little songs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of songs

Noun

The musical features a book by Jenna Clark Embrey and Molly Beach Murphy, which music and lyrics by Train, choreography by David Neumann, direction by Lorin Latarro and music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Brian Usifer.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Between Bon Jovi being home-ish from the band's Sayreville, New Jersey, roots and also back home on stage, the resonance of the lyrics were apparent on his face.

— Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 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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