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Recent Examples of tonal
Editor Agnès Bruckert’s patient cutting allows the film’s fairly audacious tonal shifts (from tentative rom-com to psychological excavation) to unfold with poise, reinforcing the sense that catastrophe and self-redefinition can coexist within the same breath.
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Catherine Bray, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
The abrupt tonal shift left some MLB viewers confused, sparking an online conversation.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Try them with a cream sweater or crisp white button-down for a clean, elevated vibe, or mix in a lighter brown knit for a tonal-but-not-twinset feel.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
In January this year, Stewart got back on the bleach, adding a citrus tonal twist to her ends.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
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Catherine Bray, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
The abrupt tonal shift left some MLB viewers confused, sparking an online conversation.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Try them with a cream sweater or crisp white button-down for a clean, elevated vibe, or mix in a lighter brown knit for a tonal-but-not-twinset feel.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
In January this year, Stewart got back on the bleach, adding a citrus tonal twist to her ends.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonal
Adjective
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Using laser light of different colors, the Rice team studied how a two-layer Janus TMD—molybdenum sulfur selenide stacked on molybdenum disulfide—responded to illumination through a process called second harmonic generation (SHG).—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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His music, stuffed with live instrumentation and harmonic sophistication, is suffused with the sound and spirit of Sly Stone, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye, among many others.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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The album is so operatic and orchestral.—
Dan Rys,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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To close out the festivities, with Orchestra Miami serving as the orchestral partner, a special event is planned for year’s end at the renowned Venetian Pool, a historic pool listed in the National Register of Historic Places.—
Dontaira Terrell,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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This bilingual edition preserves Vilariño’s rhythmic precision and existential intensity, giving readers a rare glimpse into a body of work that continues to resonate far beyond its origins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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As the sun sets, Cartagena transforms into a rhythmic celebration.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Nov. 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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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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Similarly, the dozens of people whom Greaves interviews in the film aren’t delivering a single and univocal history of the Harlem Renaissance but a polyphonic transmission of it.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
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Angela Flournoy follows her highly honored first novel, The Turner House (2016), with an illuminating polyphonic exploration of the glorious heights and darkest lows of friendships among four women.—
Jane Ciabattari
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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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In recent years, Bleed had continued recording and performing, maintaining a loyal fan base drawn to his signature mix of southern wisdom and lyrical realism.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Laden with symbolism both in its lyrics and accompanying video, the piece — structured in operatic movements —surprises with Rosalía’s lyrical performance, gliding seamlessly between English, German, and her native Spanish.—
Luisa Calle,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Tonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonal. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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