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Recent Examples of staccato
Some are staccato, producing only a brief burst of activity that may result in a reflexive response, like honking at another driver, or smiling back at a child.
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Jon Hamilton, NPR, 4 June 2025
However, some things are easier said than done, which is why policy shifts and responses have been staccato and unpredictable at times.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
The staccato repetition of limbs and hands and toes turns the scene into a dance of death.
—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
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Jon Hamilton, NPR, 4 June 2025
However, some things are easier said than done, which is why policy shifts and responses have been staccato and unpredictable at times.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
The staccato repetition of limbs and hands and toes turns the scene into a dance of death.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staccato
Adjective
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The conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated how rapidly drones can become blind, jammed, spoofed, or disconnected.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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Animators Ri Crawford and David Lauer needed to be super precise about facial structures and mouth movements, especially, so that the stop-motion felt distinct but not too disconnected from the live-action work.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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But recent research found that members of the Tsimane’, a native Amazonian society in Bolivia, rate consonant and dissonant chords as equally pleasurable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The crowd sings the chorus in dissonant harmony.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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But more recently, Japan-bashing has become the core of a strident Chinese nationalism, with disastrous consequences.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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Surely the demise of America’s most strident ideological foe, ten years after the humiliations of the Iranian hostage crisis, called for greater attention?—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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“Staccato.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staccato. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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