as in complement
something that is found along with something else
the sound of crickets was the perfect accompaniment to our summer evenings on the porch
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Serving up a musical accompaniment of post Second World War favorites, Brandyn Shaw and his orchestra performed at the far end of the library.
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Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
For the opening scene, in which a couple makes out in a car, singer Stuart A. Staples croons the title track, with some café jazz accompaniment: Bass, piano, and lightly tapped high-hat.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
These include a luxurious lounge bar featuring a fifty-foot-high tower lined with wine bottles on shelves, as in a library, and a vast dining room with a planetarium-style dome that offers an ever-changing visual accompaniment to the dishes below.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
It arrives surrounded by the usual accompaniments: roast potatoes in beef drippings, a puffy, crisp individual Yorkshire Pudding, roasted carrots, buttered greens, roasted shallots and garlic and bone marrow gravy.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
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Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
For the opening scene, in which a couple makes out in a car, singer Stuart A. Staples croons the title track, with some café jazz accompaniment: Bass, piano, and lightly tapped high-hat.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
These include a luxurious lounge bar featuring a fifty-foot-high tower lined with wine bottles on shelves, as in a library, and a vast dining room with a planetarium-style dome that offers an ever-changing visual accompaniment to the dishes below.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
It arrives surrounded by the usual accompaniments: roast potatoes in beef drippings, a puffy, crisp individual Yorkshire Pudding, roasted carrots, buttered greens, roasted shallots and garlic and bone marrow gravy.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Accompaniment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompaniment. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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