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Recent Examples of tonal
This version features gold metallic accents at the toe and heel, a gum sole and tonal laces.
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
Two different colorways have been made available to purchase, one whispering quiet luxury in tonal Almond Milk and the other speaking at a much greater volume in Semi Impact Orange.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
Still, the episode captures the show’s rich tonal blend, its combination of screwball comedy and sincere concern with the daily troubles of working people, the small dramas that add up to a life.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
The film’s driving ideas, which transform over the course of the picture, are replete with ironic potential, but Flanagan ably navigates the tonal minefield, never presenting the whole thing as a wink-wink joke on his characters.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 June 2025
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
Two different colorways have been made available to purchase, one whispering quiet luxury in tonal Almond Milk and the other speaking at a much greater volume in Semi Impact Orange.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
Still, the episode captures the show’s rich tonal blend, its combination of screwball comedy and sincere concern with the daily troubles of working people, the small dramas that add up to a life.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
The film’s driving ideas, which transform over the course of the picture, are replete with ironic potential, but Flanagan ably navigates the tonal minefield, never presenting the whole thing as a wink-wink joke on his characters.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonal
Adjective
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Similarly, when accomplished jazz musicians collaborate with generative AI to compose new pieces, the algorithm's vast knowledge of harmonic possibilities, combined with the musician's emotional intuition, creates symphonies beyond what either could achieve independently.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Frequency response is reported to run from 20 Hz up to 30 kHz, total harmonic distortion is 1% at 1 kHz, and the sound pressure level is given as 105 dB at 1 kHz (1 mW).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 June 2025
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The Argentine musician was among the first to apply a broad range of musical ideas to film and TV scores, from jazz and rock to more modern and complex techniques of orchestral writing.—
Jon Burlingame,
Variety,
26 June 2025
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In Los Angeles, after the dancers, the Hollywood Philharmonic took the stage for orchestral takes of some of the group’s hits.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2025
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To aid absorption of the magnesium oil, prepare the skin with gentle dry bushing to promote circulation, then rub the magnesium oil into the legs using firm, upwards strokes, moving from the feet and ankles with deep, rhythmic movements upward to the thighs.—
Valentina Bottoni,
Vogue,
29 May 2025
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Alcaraz and his team know this better than anyone, which is why the Spaniard, 22, came to this year’s Australian Open with a new, more rhythmic service motion.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
15 May 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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The album is almost entirely instrumental, featuring a polyphonic blend of percussion, strings, keyboards, synths, and woodwinds, with André’s flute driving the downbeat.—
Ime Ekpo,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Walter, whose polyphonic sensibility first charmed me in Beautiful Ruins, has here made something salty, sinewy, and satisfying from fairly tough material.—
Emily Temple
May 27,
Literary Hub,
27 May 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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A lot of the lyrical content is pretty dark, which is interesting because this was a pretty happy time in your life.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 June 2025
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With more British grime infused in his hip-hop lyrical prowess, rapper Florence Sinclair added more UK flair to the Primavera Sound programming.—
Malik Peay,
Essence,
12 June 2025
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“Tonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonal. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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