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Recent Examples of tonal
At once absurd and unsettling, The Happening is a daring tonal experiment about humanity’s gentle extinction.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 July 2025
As an alternative, Steele suggests a tonal, muted green hue, such as Green Trellis.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2025
The genre was also caught in a tonal tussle between light and dark.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 25 July 2025
The boots will be available in both men’s and women’s styles, featuring chili-pepper tonal stitching and retail for $345 a pair.
—Paris Goodman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 July 2025
As an alternative, Steele suggests a tonal, muted green hue, such as Green Trellis.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2025
The genre was also caught in a tonal tussle between light and dark.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 25 July 2025
The boots will be available in both men’s and women’s styles, featuring chili-pepper tonal stitching and retail for $345 a pair.
—Paris Goodman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonal
Adjective
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Kepler’s harmonic law acts as a scale to weigh celestial bodies.—
Andrej Prša,
Space.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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SpaceX believes the spectacular break-up of Starship's upper stage during its most recent test flight was caused by a harmonic response that stressed onboard hardware, leading to a fire and loss of the vehicle, Aviation Week reports.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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On orchestral tracks, like the opening scene from John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary, the drivers offer strong low-frequency response in ULT 1 mode and absurdly bass-heavy response in ULT 2 mode.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
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And there’ll be a two-CD set that includes a mixture of the orchestral versions, demos, rarities, and remixes featured on the Anthology vinyl edition.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Aug. 2025
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There has been less research into the link between the stomach’s inherent rhythmic activity and mental well-being.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Aug. 2025
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Kind of like the Olympics’ team rhythmic gymnastics but with better throwing and balancing stunts.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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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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Learning Greene’s chordal vocabulary on this record, living in his perfect counterpoint, is a constant inspiration for me.—
Giovanni Russonello,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Byrd is the word: Revel in the polyphonic glories of William Byrd, perhaps the greatest and certainly most influential of all the English Renaissance composers, in a setting that surely would have felt home to him, as a composer of sacred songs.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
17 July 2025
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The end result is a polyphonic spree of subcontinental flavors.—
Jordan Michelman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 July 2025
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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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The content creator also used a homophonic slur at several points throughout the clip.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2024
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References to Cartier lenses, Lamborghinis, and luxury champagne are layered between audacious lyrical punches, all anchored by the booming trap beats.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
25 July 2025
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King Street, Charleston, South Carolina King Street in Charleston walks like a Southern novel—layered, lyrical, and rich with detail.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
21 July 2025
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“Tonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonal. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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