étude

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Recent Examples of étude By that measure, the mostly instrumental The Bad Fire contains what feels like etudes on unhappiness, a perpetual sense of never really fitting in anywhere. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025 Advertisement Something similar happened with the composition of the etudes themselves. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024 Apparently, performing Musser’s etudes for marimba is a rite of passage for percussion majors. IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2023 But these songs are not so much referential as reverential: meditative daybreak etudes capable of conveying the feeling that all is right in the world. Pitchfork, 28 Sep. 2023 At its worst, the music on Everyone’s Crushed sounds like etudes – studies in experimentalism, finger exercises for tyros in the avant-garde. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2023 To treat those simply as etudes and exercises would be a disservice, and Ferrillo deployed the expressive acumen that BSO listeners know well, gracefully responding to the orchestra. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023 In the etude inspired by Native American Margaret Bradshaw’s My World is Not Flat, a playful Pueblo dance song comes up now and then. Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2021 So far, Wingfield has released a handful of etudes. Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for étude
Noun
  • The health burden of air pollution unevenly falls on people of color, the study said, noting Hispanics are nearly three times as likely as white people to live in areas with unhealthy air.
    Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • In 2019, 73% of graduates were employed, but many ended up in jobs unrelated to their studies.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The first half of Coogler’s 2 hour and 17-minute sultry and scary opus is largely dedicated to Smoke and Stack’s preparations for the party, beginning with securing a venue.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025
  • More to read: Check out Brody Miller’s opus on McIlroy to get a better sense of yesterday’s emotions.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Contemplative grief travel This is all about taking the time to honor your feelings through mindfulness and self-compassion practices.
    Leslie Hsu Oh, Vogue, 1 May 2025
  • Everything about the transition is overwhelming, from the skill of the other players on the court to the length of practices, so Rivers said she’s tried to be patient with her progress early on.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Industry experts believe that, to mitigate growing risks in complex software and AI, clear visibility into their composition is crucial.
    Dasha Shunina, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • By analyzing the colors and structures within the dust cocoons, scientists infer the composition, density and temperature of the gas and dust — crucial insights into the conditions necessary for stars to ignite. 5.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Mazzoli created a lush score that was alternately sweeping or intimate, sensuous or mystical, yet with a distinctive sound that was her own weaving a thread through the piece.
    Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com, 19 July 2017
  • This is why the war stories of Tom Clancy are such convincing and moving pieces of fiction.
    Janine Barchas, Washington Post, 18 July 2017
Noun
  • Strengthening: Add exercises to your regular workout routine that strengthen your hip adductors, pelvic muscles, and lower abdomen.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 22 Apr. 2025
  • In order to file a free exercise claim, however, plaintiffs have to prove that there is a real measure of coercion that attempts to steer kids into adopting a certain belief.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The masterpiece was designed in 1912 by Eduardo Ferrés i Puig and was executed by master glaziers Maumejean.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • In 2018, an anomaly cracked open the door in the form of Ryan Coogler’s Marvel masterpiece Black Panther, which brought in a billion dollars globally.
    Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The drills comes amid heightened tensions over nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Unfortunately, instead of breaking camp with the team last year, Aranda broke a finger on his right hand during defensive drills at the team’s Port Charlotte spring training complex one week before the season began.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025

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“étude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9tude. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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