as in musical
having a pleasing mixture of notes
the symphonic chorus of frogs in the spring
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Recent Examples of symphonic
Gregory Alan Isakov has announced a special headlining tour alongside full symphonic orchestras in 2025.
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Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2024
Avery Mann, Greenbrier High: Avery is the Drum Major of Greenbrier's Marching Bobcats and a trombone player in the symphonic band.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
The Star Wars symphonic soundtrack featuring music by composer John Williams varied depending on which Disneyland fireworks show was playing on any particular night.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 18 Dec. 2024
Many of Alice’s earlier stories had followed a single narrative path, but the stories in this book are symphonic, with multiple narrative frames.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2024
Avery Mann, Greenbrier High: Avery is the Drum Major of Greenbrier's Marching Bobcats and a trombone player in the symphonic band.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
The Star Wars symphonic soundtrack featuring music by composer John Williams varied depending on which Disneyland fireworks show was playing on any particular night.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 18 Dec. 2024
Many of Alice’s earlier stories had followed a single narrative path, but the stories in this book are symphonic, with multiple narrative frames.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symphonic
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More than 30 years after illustrating Norton Juster's cult kids' book, Feiffer returned to the genre as an author, with books like 1993's The Man in the Ceiling (eventually adapted into a musical with Tony Award-winning producer Jeffrey Seller) and his 2010 re-teaming with Juster, The Odious Ogre.—
Etelka Lehoczky,
NPR,
21 Jan. 2025
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With a total of $73.2 million, the musical adaptation continues to dominate the long-term charts.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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To a soundtrack of orchestral chants or sea shanties, fanciful motifs flow from his old-school dip pen, conjuring scenes that hover between architectural ruins, theater sets, and sylvan dreamscapes.—
Mel Studach,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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Classics 4 Kids: This San Diego children’s concert organization received $10,000 to support an orchestral concert series for children, with associated outreach activities.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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The king of hooks, timestamps, and melodious raps, minus his hitmaker aura and reference tracks, is found…lacking.—
Rob Marriott,
VIBE.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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The only relief from the monotony, and from worrying about the anguish my family must have been undergoing over my disappearance, was—bizarrely—the melodious voice of a female prisoner in another cell singing a Christian hymn that included 'Save me Jesus' in its refrain.—
Jason Fields,
Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Symphonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symphonic. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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