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Recent Examples of tunes
Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
Plus, new tunes from Muna, Broken Social Scene, Kelela, Father John Misty, and Madison Beer.
—Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
Beale Street in Memphis is best known for the blues, but the city was also the cradle of soul and rock ‘n’ roll and is one of the best places on the planet to catch live tunes today.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Celebrities showed up in Miami, including the Pit Stop Party on Saturday night, which featured tunes by DJ Michelle Pesce, bites and drinks made sweeter by Blueberries, and glowing photo moments thanks to Dove Body Serum+.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
Even more imaginatively, this jukebox musical is scored with tunes associated with Swedish songwriter/producer Max Martin.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
But the catchy tunes are not what the birds themselves are paying attention to.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 May 2026
On Fridays in summer, snag a spot outside for the Music & Moonshine live music series and a rotating calendar of bluegrass, Americana, and old-timey tunes.
—Belinda Luksic, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
To be eligible for the best original song Oscar, tunes that begin with the end credits must now be submitted to the music branch with the last 15 seconds of the film before the end credits.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
Noun
Music, both as one character’s defining trait and as a story-telling device — snippets of pop tunes across decades swiftly drive time shifts in the play’s first two acts — is a major aspect.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
Plus, new tunes from Muna, Broken Social Scene, Kelela, Father John Misty, and Madison Beer.
—Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
Beale Street in Memphis is best known for the blues, but the city was also the cradle of soul and rock ‘n’ roll and is one of the best places on the planet to catch live tunes today.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Celebrities showed up in Miami, including the Pit Stop Party on Saturday night, which featured tunes by DJ Michelle Pesce, bites and drinks made sweeter by Blueberries, and glowing photo moments thanks to Dove Body Serum+.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
Even more imaginatively, this jukebox musical is scored with tunes associated with Swedish songwriter/producer Max Martin.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
But the catchy tunes are not what the birds themselves are paying attention to.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 May 2026
On Fridays in summer, snag a spot outside for the Music & Moonshine live music series and a rotating calendar of bluegrass, Americana, and old-timey tunes.
—Belinda Luksic, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
To be eligible for the best original song Oscar, tunes that begin with the end credits must now be submitted to the music branch with the last 15 seconds of the film before the end credits.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tunes
Noun
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Both singers seemed so coolly detached yet their words and melodies were utterly compelling and evoked so much longing.—
Liza Lentini,
SPIN,
8 May 2026
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Nicks and Buckingham's penchant for brilliant and catchy melodies coupled with their creative and romantic tensions made Fleetwood Mac a musical tour de force, and the band became one of the most successful acts of the 1970s.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
Verb
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WhatsApp, Signal, and Apple iMessages all offer E2EE, which places the encryption keys for the messages only on the sender and recipient devices.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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Brian Hooker told officials that his wife, Lynette Hooker, fell off their eight-foot dinghy during a trip from Hope Town to Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands after the couple left on the night of Saturday, April 4, taking the boat keys with her and causing the engine to shut off.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The show is designed to teach life skills through music, from trying new veggies to winding down for bed, with songs and content that have become a go-to resource for millions of parents looking to learn and bond with their children.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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In fact, she’s been struggling to write songs for several years due to the traumatic experience of being raped in high school.—
Katie Mannion,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Crew adapts to laser controls One important result was how fast sailors learned to use the system.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
4 May 2026
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In addition, the Academy, which adapts its rules every year, retained the right to request additional information about how AI was used and the extent of human authorship in any project that uses generative AI.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
3 May 2026
Verb
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At the top, System 3 acts as a fleet-level agent that assigns goals, integrates with facility management systems, and coordinates tasks across wheeled and bipedal robots.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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The second answer that an economist might give for the existence of a money world on top of the physical world is that the network of money values and payments coordinates the concrete physical activity that produces the building.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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“Tunes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tunes. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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