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Noun
Budgie neural activity is so closely aligned with the chirps, warbles, and calls the birds produce that Long and his co-researchers could chart the undulating frequency of a call based on the signals of five neurons alone, with near exact precision.—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025 Enigma transmissions, in Morse code, were identified by their stereotypical military format, while the distinctive warble of the SZ42’s radioteletype signals was instantly recognizable.—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
Peggy Seeger’s 1957 recording of it is a brisk, warbling take with arpeggiated acoustic guitar — a classic example of the kind of carefree-songbird tunes from the early folk revival.—Ben Sisario, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025 To lend the appearance of vitality, junk cars driven by mannequins populated the parking lot to the backdrop of warbling holiday tapes played on low-fidelity loudspeakers.—Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for warble
The duo greatly expanded their sample library, ripping random melodies from thrift-store records and manipulating their own field recordings.
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Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
16 Apr. 2026
An old soul with with a huge, commanding voice, his catalog hovers between the orchestral swoon of pre-rock ballads, the pristine melodies of Anita Baker and the rangy, resilient yearning of his hometown’s soul tradition.
Listen to song after song and his funny quirks turn repetitive, with an overreliance on bass-heavy Detroit-meets-Memphis Young & Turnt 2 type beats that sound straight off the CMG assembly line.
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Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
15 Apr. 2026
Those shows were highlighted by segments on a smaller b-stage where the artists transformed NIN songs into new electronic arrangements.