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as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
she sang a little-known song for the talent show
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as in poem
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
the songs of Shakespeare
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as in dime
a very small sum of money
developers bought the land for a song
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as in poetry
writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response
a hero honored in song and story
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Recent Examples of song
In addition to becoming her second top 10 hit on the all-genre tally, the song also spent three weeks at the top of the Pop Airplay chart and reached No. 2 on Radio Songs.
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Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 23 May 2025
The song did what country music does best: tell sad, beautiful stories.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
In fact, as the first song began, many fans scrambled to their seats in a mix of angst and excitement.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 23 May 2025
The Vantage Roadster produces less deep, NASCAR rumble, and more the song of a high-revving DTM race car.
—Jonny Lieberman, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
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Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 23 May 2025
The song did what country music does best: tell sad, beautiful stories.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
In fact, as the first song began, many fans scrambled to their seats in a mix of angst and excitement.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 23 May 2025
The Vantage Roadster produces less deep, NASCAR rumble, and more the song of a high-revving DTM race car.
—Jonny Lieberman, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for song
Noun
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The spiritual power ballad also drew 918,000 official U.S. streams in the tracking week.—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
28 May 2025
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Dropped with enough time to reach the Billboard charts before fans rush to buy and stream the full-length, the ballad sadly didn’t perform very well via any major metric.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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The poems walk the line between paranoid survivalism and the vulnerability and care that fuel collective liberation.—
Isle McElroy,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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The mirrors reflecting the best poems are slightly warped so that reading feels like staring into rippling passages.—
Terrance Hayes,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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So, in the space of nothing, Dan now has the title and the melody happening.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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The background music, pleasantly tinkled nightly by a real person sitting at a real piano, mixes in pop melodies alongside the Broadway classics and jazz standards.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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But a friend prompted him to enter a Qualifier on his friend's dime.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Moore was a dime defender at times for the 49ers and Sigle could play there, too.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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In this novel, a Vietnamese American writer best known for his poetry draws on his own experiences as a fast-food worker.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Stanley Kubrick deliberately chose the Danube Waltz to emphasize the grace and poetry of movement in space – a floating ballet in outer space.—
David Szondy
May 25,
New Atlas,
25 May 2025
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On the new version of the track, Laferte opens the song in Spanish, before St. Vincent joins in English as the two take turns tackling the song’s lyrics and their own language.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
23 May 2025
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The Beggar’s Opera, directed by Wills with an original score by the musical mastermind Schlosberg and a new book and lyrics by playwright Kate Tarker.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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Seated on a stool with an acoustic guitar and surrounded by a semi-circle of 11 ace musicians, Simon delivered ruminations, deliberations and hymns via soft, deceivingly casual phrasings.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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The service of hymns and prayer will be followed by a memorial roll call of members of the armed services who died in active duty.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2025
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As there is no NHL Whalers team, Hartford owns the Whalers brand right down to the logo, lore and jingle.—
Jay Sloves,
Hartford Courant,
23 May 2025
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After dropping out of New York’s Hunter College, Darin made his first foray into the music business by writing a jingle for a New Jersey furniture store.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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“Song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/song. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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