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Recent Examples of tonal
Smart teased that the final season represents a tonal return after a heavier fourth outing.
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Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The Thin Red Line is a rich, tonal tapestry.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
Purple Cherry also notes its susceptibility to light sources poses a difficult challenge; daily natural light shifts, light fixtures, and shadows can change how chartreuse looks throughout the day or even create tonal shifts visible on a single wall.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2026
Calik’s new colors for the season reflect a broader shift toward nuanced color storytelling, where even small tonal differences play a key role in product differentiation.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The Thin Red Line is a rich, tonal tapestry.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
Purple Cherry also notes its susceptibility to light sources poses a difficult challenge; daily natural light shifts, light fixtures, and shadows can change how chartreuse looks throughout the day or even create tonal shifts visible on a single wall.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2026
Calik’s new colors for the season reflect a broader shift toward nuanced color storytelling, where even small tonal differences play a key role in product differentiation.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonal
Adjective
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The study introduces a novel method for controlling quantum harmonic oscillators — systems that mimic vibrating objects such as springs or pendulums at the subatomic level.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
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It’s powered by harmonic resonance technology, using rhythmic pulses to gently and effectively comb through knots.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Iconic John Williams orchestral scores and themes from the first six Star Wars films also started playing Wednesday as background music in Galaxy’s Edge.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
29 Apr. 2026
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The songs’ spines are elastic, accommodating the acoustic, the electronic, the Caribbean, the bombastically orchestral, in arrangements that always seem fun for performers to brand with their likeness.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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It’s powered by harmonic resonance technology, using rhythmic pulses to gently and effectively comb through knots.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
30 Apr. 2026
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The novel delivers all the frenzy of a gold rush with rhythmic, hypnotic prose.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 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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We are left just with voices, and those voices, in the novel’s subtle and canny repetitions, begin to merge with one another, becoming polyphonic.—
Nicholas Dames,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2026
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The choral elements on the record shine most vividly on the title track, which features polyphonic swells of voices humming melodies, overtaking the piano, dropping and then rising again.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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On Witness And Respair by Jesmyn Ward Jesmyn Ward reflects on over a decade of life and writing, exploring her upbringing in rural Mississippi, literary influences, and personal tragedies with hauntingly lyrical prose.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
2 May 2026
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Uncertainty, ambivalence, confusion, and delusion—the musical statements on Middle of Nowhere are confident and cohesive, but Musgrave’s lyrical point of view seems to blow hither and yon from song to song.—
Molly Mary O’Brien,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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“Tonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonal. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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