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Recent Examples of tunes
Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2025
The band kept their set relatively short and sweet, playing just 11 songs, compared to their usual marathon sets of 20-plus tunes.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
His Christmas Eve shows were extravaganzas that involved holiday tunes and sound clips.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
All the while, the aspirator runs quietly and plays gentle tunes to keep mom and the baby relaxed, keeping stress to a minimum.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Tinny chart tunes drift across the arena.
—Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Folks show up in full lederhosen, while polka and oompa tunes waft out of the town’s pubs and wineries.
—Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
But that and a few other alternate versions of familiar tunes sound like something that could have come out of Memphis, suggesting a possible version of the album that could have balanced out the brooding with some greasy fun.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
With its catchy, anthemic tunes, the electrifying soundtrack for KPop Demon Hunters has become a phenomenon on its own.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
The researchers then presented the study’s participants with pairs of songs and asked them to identify which of these tunes had been generated by AI.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2025
The band kept their set relatively short and sweet, playing just 11 songs, compared to their usual marathon sets of 20-plus tunes.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
His Christmas Eve shows were extravaganzas that involved holiday tunes and sound clips.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
All the while, the aspirator runs quietly and plays gentle tunes to keep mom and the baby relaxed, keeping stress to a minimum.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Tinny chart tunes drift across the arena.
—Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Folks show up in full lederhosen, while polka and oompa tunes waft out of the town’s pubs and wineries.
—Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
But that and a few other alternate versions of familiar tunes sound like something that could have come out of Memphis, suggesting a possible version of the album that could have balanced out the brooding with some greasy fun.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
With its catchy, anthemic tunes, the electrifying soundtrack for KPop Demon Hunters has become a phenomenon on its own.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tunes
Noun
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Ariana Kim and violist Sally Chisholm traded repeating patterns, switching off melodies as the music jumped around the scale.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
28 Oct. 2025
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From her home in Puerto Rico, iLe spoke to Rolling Stone about the key to preserving the essence of her favorite tunes, and the sweet bolero melodies that can transport you into another world.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Days later, her car was found in College Park with her purse and keys inside.—
Veronica Fulton,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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Damian Moreno keys a defense that has 24 sacks.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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According to the lawsuit, the pair filed notices of termination in 2022 to reclaim the rights to those songs, which were released by its subsidiaries Next Plateau London Records.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
9 Nov. 2025
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Using his falsetto vocals, this was one of the songs of the summer, blending '80s synth-pop and new wave, with touches of '70s-era funk and blues.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The project, selected for Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF), adapts Chinese-American author Ying Chang Compestine’s bestselling 2016 YA book into a feature-length collection of four interconnected tales.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Everything is without self-consciousness, and adapts and adapts, and just is.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Hegseth is set to give a major speech on the subject Friday and is said to be considering such radical changes as moving the department that coordinates with foreign militaries from the office of the undersecretary for policy to the office of the undersecretary for acquisitions.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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That is roughly two-thirds of the county’s housing units designated for that purpose and could cause many people to become homeless again, warned Lisa Bates, the CEO of Sacramento Steps Forward, which coordinates federal homelessness funding for the area.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Tunes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tunes. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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