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Recent Examples of tonal
The combination of natural fibers, elevated textures and tonal depth resonates with Orta’s clients, according to Sinem Kahveci, Orta marketing specialist.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Jan. 2026
Independent digital and analog power supplies, along with ELNA capacitors, deliver clarity, dynamics and tonal accuracy.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
The notion of grief gradually fades into the backdrop, finally re-emerging in a manner that is, thanks to the film’s lumpy tonal mixture, more confusing than emotionally cleansing.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
That tonal shift is mirrored not only in the storytelling, but in the places the series now inhabits.
—Chloe Laws, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Jan. 2026
Independent digital and analog power supplies, along with ELNA capacitors, deliver clarity, dynamics and tonal accuracy.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
The notion of grief gradually fades into the backdrop, finally re-emerging in a manner that is, thanks to the film’s lumpy tonal mixture, more confusing than emotionally cleansing.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
That tonal shift is mirrored not only in the storytelling, but in the places the series now inhabits.
—Chloe Laws, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonal
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The team noted that the figures represent new records for vacuum ultraviolet lasers generated via second harmonic generation.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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The song vamps where Railings used to weave and wind, its ever-busying rhythm section building tension atop its harmonic simplicity.—
Craig Heed,
Pitchfork,
29 Jan. 2026
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Between 2004 and 2018, Banks released three albums of orchestral pieces that enjoyed moderate acclaim in England.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Although his idols toured the awards circuit with a more traditional, orchestral score, Kangding doubled down on his dance music origins for Sirāt.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2026
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Moeller’s music has always balanced beauty with foreboding—dub techno is nothing if not a melodramatic genre—but his newfound rhythmic restraint and beat wizardry feel like a step in a different direction.—
Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
6 Feb. 2026
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Hip-hop artists have long drawn from Fela’s work, recognizing Afrobeat’s rhythmic complexity and ideological power.—
Obi Asika,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
2 Mar. 2020
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Women who worked in shops sang together in bellowing, polyphonic unison.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
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This not-quite-title song, which is nearly eight minutes long, is a sort of mini-suite, opening with a dog barking, giving way to an acoustic-guitar melody accompanying polyphonic vocals, then becoming electric and crashingly alive, until the relentless screech of a guitar drags you to the end.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2025
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My introduction to homophonic translation came from my former teacher, Mónica de la Torre.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Jan. 2026
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How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
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Adler’s version, as elegant and lyrical as Fisher’s, enumerates ways to use every last scrap, bone, and core—and introduced her as a writer who made art out of the marginal.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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The album leaned heavily into acoustics with an emphasis on lyrical content.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Tonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonal. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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