to the accompaniment of

idiom

1
: while corresponding music is played
She sang the song to the accompaniment of a piano.
2
: at the same time (something else) is happening
She made the announcement to the accompaniment of loud applause.

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The production telegraphs, early on, that something else is up, as Jane seems to dissociate onstage — in an addition for Broadway, to the accompaniment of too-ominous music by Devonté Hynes, a.k.a. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 July 2024 And then the long decline, to the accompaniment of prescription drugs, binge eating and bad advice — even as his acolytes raise him to a state of godhead, the Sun King of rock ’n’ roll. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023

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“To the accompaniment of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20accompaniment%20of. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

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