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Recent Examples of staccato
The writing is assured, propulsive, staccato, and witty.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staccato
Adjective
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Feeling increasingly disconnected from Jake, Crutch invites his son to host a game night at his flooring store.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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Clark helps individuals who are outwardly successful but might feel disconnected or stuck internally through stillness, breathwork, and innovative tools that can reconnect them with peace and purpose.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The duo moved around notes to create a sound that was dissonant, amplifying the disgusting effect.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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But Roofman, which Cianfrance also co-wrote, was clearly intended to be lighter fare and instead ends up in this dissonant in-between space tonally.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Spanberger and Sherrill should, and will, face strident calls from their LGBTQ+ constituents to go further in their support for trans people of all ages, and to not let misinformation and propaganda cloud their decisionmaking while in office.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
6 Nov. 2025
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Newsom’s anti-energy agenda has been forceful, strident and clear from his first days in the governor’s mansion.—
Will Oneill,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Staccato.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staccato. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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