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Recent Examples of staccato
The staccato repetition of limbs and hands and toes turns the scene into a dance of death.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Back when games were still played mostly in arcades, they were usually based around a staccato interplay of repetition and progression—the faster a player failed, the sooner they could be lured into putting in more money.
—Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Back when games were still played mostly in arcades, they were usually based around a staccato interplay of repetition and progression—the faster a player failed, the sooner they could be lured into putting in more money.
—Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staccato
Adjective
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In his first remarks as mayor, Calvo acknowledged frustration among residents who have felt disconnected from local government.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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The result of an unplanned pregnancy, born several years after her three older siblings, Janet had always felt disconnected from the momentum of her family.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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That album steered far clear of folkloric kitsch, preferring dissonant frequencies and minimalist arrangements.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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The cast fragmented, with the Byers family and El trying to start over in California while Hopper languished in a tonally dissonant Soviet gulag, as though the Duffers didn’t realize that what people loved most about Stranger Things was its grounding in Hawkins.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Greene was among a small but strident group of Republicans in Congress who refused to move on.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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For two years leading up to the fatal shooting, as police archive video shows, Lorincz constantly called 911 to make false allegations about her Black neighbors, reserving many of her most strident complaints for children who played near her house (on property they were entitled to enjoy).—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Staccato.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staccato. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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