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as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
she sang a little-known song for the talent show
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as in poem
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
the songs of Shakespeare
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as in dime
a very small sum of money
developers bought the land for a song
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as in poetry
writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response
a hero honored in song and story
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Recent Examples of song
Beneath the metallic veneer, though, her songs had the tenderness and precision of a homily.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
Weakerthans fans were flying in from around the world to hear his old songs.
—Hazlitt, 11 Mar. 2026
Young yells out, interrupting her own song with her glottal south London accent and adjusting the mic pack on her waist.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
When Danny turns one of Rick’s songs into a career-reviving hit, Rick sets out to get his proper recognition.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
Weakerthans fans were flying in from around the world to hear his old songs.
—Hazlitt, 11 Mar. 2026
Young yells out, interrupting her own song with her glottal south London accent and adjusting the mic pack on her waist.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
When Danny turns one of Rick’s songs into a career-reviving hit, Rick sets out to get his proper recognition.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for song
Noun
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The video was a standout moment alongside the romantic ballad, though, as Bruno picked up the guitar and delivered on the Latin love story with a mock wedding — and pulled on the heartstrings with a relationship that just about everyone would sign up to grow old for.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2026
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Born into an Ecuadorian-Guatemalan family, Southern California’s Trish Toledo first began signing cumbias and ballads before falling head-over-heels for the timeless pop, R&B and soul recordings from the ’60s and ’70s.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Instead of tucking her poem away in a notebook, Santos decided to publish it in 2021.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The writer and performer composes poems, short stories and plays that highlight joys and contend with struggles.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
13 Mar. 2026
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Typically some time in January, the composer begins researching top awards contenders and toying with recognizable melodies from their scores.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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That sonority, at once hazy and precise, soft and powerful, builds into an overwhelming wave of melody, carrying us nearly to midnight.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Ideas are a dime a dozen, right?—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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Williams ended the drought with a layup off a dime from Arnold, and Strong began to heat up with six of her points coming in the third quarter alone.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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In their bloody poetry, the human animal expands, often to terrifying capacity.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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Her team is gathering writing from political prisoners, media criticism from inside mainstream newsrooms, stories of Hollywood censorship, profiles of the former head of Addameer and of a Palestinian rapper, poetry, and lots more.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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As the crowd screamed every lyric back to them, Raya-García leaned down from the stage to sign autographs for fans losing their minds in the front row.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2026
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The lyrics seem to be very much from your imagination.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2026
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The first is rewriting public-domain hymns with community members to sing at protests.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 Mar. 2026
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Instead, a narrator gives a somewhat notion of what’s what in the language of the audience, as is Akhnaten’s great aria, a hymn to Aten (god of the sun).—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The International Paralympic Committee is looking into an apparent protest by two German athletes while on the podium when the Russian anthem was played at the Winter Paralympics.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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At the 2022 men’s World Cup, played in Qatar, the Iranian team did not sing the anthem before a game against England and did not celebrate the two goals scored in a 6-2 loss.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/song. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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