staccato

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Recent Examples of staccato The writing is assured, propulsive, staccato, and witty. Lily Ruth Hardman, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024 An aggressively staccato piece with an ever-present rumbling on the bass side on the keyboard turned into a Jelly Roll Morton-esque swing. Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 2 Aug. 2024 She was still exhilarated; her voice was unusually staccato and intense. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024 Part of the holdup (beyond Snapdragon laptop chips' lackluster performance) has been the staccato introduction of important native-running applications for Windows on Arm, leaving some key ones reliant on emulation to work on the platform. John Burek, PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for staccato
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staccato
Adjective
  • Together, leaders and employees can better justify the investments CEOs are already making—this time with the aim of reducing disconnected technology and achieving clearer, more measurable outcomes.
    Daniel Ramsey, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Though it's been continuously upgraded since it was first built in 1979, the Lindner Family Tennis Center was starting to show its age, according to Dell, and past projects on the site left it feeling disconnected and lacking a cohesive identity.
    Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • By plunging the viewer into this chaotic inner world, Aster illustrates the dissonant appeal of being enmeshed in the perspective of, and maybe even rooting for, an individual committed to their belief in justice—even if that commitment can border on sordid.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
  • The dissonant hoover synths seethe like Bernard Herrmann strings — echoing the lyrics’ references to Hitchcock’s Psycho, Vertigo, and Rear Window.
    Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • However, such strident posts on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites were considered by councilors to be peripheral, while far more persuasive were emails and face-to-face interactions with constituents.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • Only a handful of Republicans voted against the rescissions package, while even some past strident supporters of public media, like Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) voted to end the funding.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2025

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“Staccato.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staccato. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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