homophonic

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Recent Examples of homophonic How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf. Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 The content creator also used a homophonic slur at several points throughout the clip. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024 The letters used what’s known as a homophonic cipher, the researchers explain in a study published on Tuesday in the journal Cryptologia. Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Feb. 2023 The encryption turned out to be a homophonic cipher, in which each letter of the alphabet can be encoded in several different ways. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023 So homophonic ciphers used multiple symbols interchangeably for high-frequency letters, Lasry says. Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Feb. 2023 Mary used what is called a homophonic cipher, where each letter is replaced with a certain symbol. Town & Country, 8 Feb. 2023 The ciphers were homophonic, meaning each letter of the alphabet could be encoded using several cipher symbols, according to the researchers. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023 The data set for evaluating the model consisted of homophonic puns, normal sentences, and ambiguous nonsense sentences. Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homophonic
Adjective
  • The movie’s polyphonic introduction is also not sustained.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
  • At its heart is the creation of new vocal datasets, polyphonic AI models capable of blending human and machine voices, pulling audiences into an immersive, participatory experience.
    Nargess Banks, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Shortly after that, a harmonic convergence took place.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art is, in these darkest days of midwinter, one of the city’s spiritual hot spots, thanks to the harmonic convergence of two outstanding and very different exhibitions, both closing soon.
    Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Three tonal stripes add interest to your look, with colorways ranging from emerald green and twilight blue to practical, goes-with-everything black.
    Jessica Macdonald, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Many of its bigger ideas focused on therapeutic conflict resolution fail to coalesce, leading to an overall tonal imbalance.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Or, as a more chilled alternative to the market, head across the island instead to the bountiful buffet brunch at the Atlantis Historic Inn (120 dollars per person), which comes with a rhythmic soundtrack of Atlantic waves pounding the craggy coast.
    Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The repetitive, rhythmic nature of rowing can be incredibly calming, Pryor says.
    Christa Sgobba, SELF, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Learning Greene’s chordal vocabulary on this record, living in his perfect counterpoint, is a constant inspiration for me.
    Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2020
Adjective
  • In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.
    Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 25 June 2022
Adjective
  • His son, Myles Aronowitz, who played a key role in finding the lyric pages, said the discovery came after years of searching through family archives.
    Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
  • As early as 1992, MacColl was performing the song with the same lyric change.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 22 Dec. 2024

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“Homophonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homophonic. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.

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