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Recent Examples of tunes
Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Just blast the tunes and start jumping, and what used to feel like a slog of a workout now feels like joyful me time.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Like many beautiful tunes sung in a foreign language, Bad Bunny’s songs are to be enjoyed in their native Spanish.
—Ediberto Roman, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
After a few weeks of laughs and tunes featuring some of your favorite celebs, the late-night sketch comedy and variety show has taken some time off.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
And after a quick elevator ride, the penthouse was the place to be, bumping with tunes from DJ Kiss with a Maserati martini station inside the suite, a Basil Hayden bar out on the terrace and a coupe tower shimmering alongside THR editor-in-chief Maer Roshan’s mid-party toast.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Bob Dylan parted with 600 tunes for a figure believed to have been as high as $500 million in 2020.
—Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Bob Dylan parted with 600 tunes for a figure believed to have been as high as $500 million in 2020.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
For progressives, the undisputed master of the viral protest song is the thirty-three-year-old folksinger Jesse Welles, who makes videos of himself standing in a field, singing clever miniature tunes about the hypocrisies of the health-care industry, tech billionaires, ICE.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
The performance features the music of Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac, Carole King and disco tunes.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Just blast the tunes and start jumping, and what used to feel like a slog of a workout now feels like joyful me time.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Like many beautiful tunes sung in a foreign language, Bad Bunny’s songs are to be enjoyed in their native Spanish.
—Ediberto Roman, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
After a few weeks of laughs and tunes featuring some of your favorite celebs, the late-night sketch comedy and variety show has taken some time off.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
And after a quick elevator ride, the penthouse was the place to be, bumping with tunes from DJ Kiss with a Maserati martini station inside the suite, a Basil Hayden bar out on the terrace and a coupe tower shimmering alongside THR editor-in-chief Maer Roshan’s mid-party toast.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Bob Dylan parted with 600 tunes for a figure believed to have been as high as $500 million in 2020.
—Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Bob Dylan parted with 600 tunes for a figure believed to have been as high as $500 million in 2020.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
For progressives, the undisputed master of the viral protest song is the thirty-three-year-old folksinger Jesse Welles, who makes videos of himself standing in a field, singing clever miniature tunes about the hypocrisies of the health-care industry, tech billionaires, ICE.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tunes
Noun
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Violins’ soaring melodies were sometimes illustrated with random pans of other sections of the orchestra.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Accidental melodies fade in and out of earshot; pulsing chords rise up from below and are swallowed back into the murk, only to be replaced by other pulses running at different tempi, giving the impression of wheels within wheels within wheels.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The senior first baseman/pitcher is one of the area’s top hitters and keys the Panthers’ playoff hopes.—
Colby Gordon,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Feb. 2026
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Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data.—
Tom Warren,
The Verge,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Another Network reporter pointed out the songs were not performed in their entirety.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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The report found that the ratio of male to female producers across 400 popular songs was 47-to-1.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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It’s designed to handle all types of terrain and conditions, adapts as your kids grow, and is stacked with plenty of features that make traveling with the family much easier.—
Erica Zazo,
Outside,
20 Feb. 2026
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Moreover, the philosophy of the brand is to create clothing that adapts to diverse environments and provides long-lasting comfort and caters to the needs of creators, engineers, designers and other forward-thinking professionals.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The alliance is the group that coordinates HUD homelessness funding in suburban Cook County.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The diplomat testified alongside Austin Holmes, a Florida resident and security firm owner who coordinates humanitarian and security assistance in the Caribbean country.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Tunes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tunes. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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