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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.
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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
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
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Kosky, more than most directors, is sensitive to its polyphonic structure in his staging, which moves around, repeats and trims material throughout to make the show move briskly and with a light hand, allowing the subtext its slithering grace.—
Joshua Barone,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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The movie’s polyphonic introduction is also not sustained.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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They are imaginatively crafted, showing particular invention in their harmonic writing.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Nine decades later, the French astronomer and mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace suggested that the tides could be represented as harmonic oscillations.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 June 2024
Adjective
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In the special, Gadsby gives a master class in the tonal shift, going from goofy to deeply serious, all while keeping their audience fully captivated.—
Will DiGravio,
TIME,
21 Feb. 2025
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There are some baffling tonal shifts between goofy sci-fi and high drama and the whole thing just takes too long to get going, spending much of its runtime plodding around on Earth.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Soon enough, others began to join her – three dozen people dancing in a strange, feverish and rhythmic pattern.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Options typically include light, medium, strong, and pulsatile (rhythmic).—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Films like Gladiator, The Lord of the Rings, and Titanic all have them: epic orchestral scores from Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, and James Horner that soundtrack the battles and tragedies occurring onscreen.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Released last November, the creative infused her brooding, futuristic sound into a full-fledged orchestral production.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
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The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
2 Mar. 2020
Adjective
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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
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Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
25 June 2022
Adjective
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The connections Plunkett draws between Frost’s lyric poems and their literary influences are valuable, particularly for anyone taken in by Frost’s aw-shucks persona.—
Maggie Doherty,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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The record arrives alongside a lyric video that finds the singer lounging around the studio, willing herself to accept the warmth of a relationship without looking over her shoulder for whatever unfortunate truths might derail it.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Homophonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homophonic. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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