as in ballads
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
a recording artist who arranges his own vocals
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Recent Examples of vocals
The sound leans heavily on the lows but still keeps vocals and highs clear enough for everyday listening.
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Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
With vocals and synths inspired by Celtic traditions and bagpipes, Griffin uses a sword, the Scottish Claymore, as a personal logo symbolizing resilience and the warrior spirit.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Free as a Bird albums — with Davies assuming the lead vocals and songwriting by himself.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Shades of Paula Abdul colored the song as Doja sashayed across the stage with her feathery vocals.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
His soulful vocals and unmistakable touch on the Wurlitzer became the heartbeat of the bands' sound.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Volman was known for his exuberant stage presence and distinctive vocals.
—Travis Loller The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2025
On the album, which sold more than 18 million copies, Davies and Hodgson shared vocals, with Davies usually singing in a lower register to counter Hodgson’s falsetto.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
The vocals were fully recorded by the time O’Brien heard Achim Treu’s compositions.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
With vocals and synths inspired by Celtic traditions and bagpipes, Griffin uses a sword, the Scottish Claymore, as a personal logo symbolizing resilience and the warrior spirit.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Free as a Bird albums — with Davies assuming the lead vocals and songwriting by himself.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Shades of Paula Abdul colored the song as Doja sashayed across the stage with her feathery vocals.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
His soulful vocals and unmistakable touch on the Wurlitzer became the heartbeat of the bands' sound.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Volman was known for his exuberant stage presence and distinctive vocals.
—Travis Loller The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2025
On the album, which sold more than 18 million copies, Davies and Hodgson shared vocals, with Davies usually singing in a lower register to counter Hodgson’s falsetto.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
The vocals were fully recorded by the time O’Brien heard Achim Treu’s compositions.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vocals
Noun
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Her endlessly inventive vocal approach and aching tenderness with ballads earned her a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master designation in 2012.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Performed from a third-person perspective, the perspective of the blues, Nourished by Time spins an old-fashioned yarn about a man working a restaurant job and writing ballads at night.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2025
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So, now going to the club with records playing, playing for kids that were not alive when some of these songs came out and watching a really great young DJ like Cosmo play this music from the same era with her own slant on it.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Henry decided to pursue music instead of film, with his songs appearing on the soundtracks of his mom’s movies, including Julie and Julia and Ricki and the Flash.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The title track opens the affair by lurching and creeping forward for ten minutes with odd, off-putting lyrics.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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The lyrics reference the anthem of the antifascist Italian resistance during World War II.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Vocals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocals. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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