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as in orchestration
a balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts
the satisfying symphony of color in Renoir's canvases
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as in orchestra
a usually large group of musicians playing together
a performance of a Bach concerto by the San Antonio Symphony
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Recent Examples of symphony
There is an ice skating rink, holiday characters, s’mores and an electric symphony.
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Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The filmmaker corralled dozens of extras and his two stars to be so in sync as to orchestrate one of the most complex, perfectly timed symphonies of chaos.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
The symphony wasn’t that good back then, there weren’t that many musicians around, and my family went to a small church.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
The symphony premièred two hundred years ago in Vienna, when Beethoven’s deafness, which began in his late twenties, had become severe.
—The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The filmmaker corralled dozens of extras and his two stars to be so in sync as to orchestrate one of the most complex, perfectly timed symphonies of chaos.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
The symphony wasn’t that good back then, there weren’t that many musicians around, and my family went to a small church.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
The symphony premièred two hundred years ago in Vienna, when Beethoven’s deafness, which began in his late twenties, had become severe.
—The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symphony
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Once that mystery is solved, the ghost is free to leave the house with a soar of dramatic orchestration.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The creative team includes Tom Pye (production design), Basil Twist (puppetry design and direction), and Will Stuart, who has created new orchestrations of Joe Hisaishi’s original score.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2025
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The classical dance involved exquisite hand gestures and halting body movements set to a gamelan orchestra.—
Scott Mowbray Amrita Chandradas,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Pasadena Playhouse producing artistic director Danny Feldman first had the idea years ago: concert stagings of classic American musicals, each featuring an all-star cast and a full orchestra.—
Ashley Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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Other ensembles stood out for their symmetry: People wearing complementary diamond-quilt jackets, for example, or twin earmuffs.—
Simbarashe Cha,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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This beautiful, natural symmetry is typical of Schmitt’s work.—
Nicolas Milon,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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The philharmonic then contracted with Tracey Levy of Levy Employment Law to conduct an independent second investigation.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
6 Nov. 2024
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An emotional high point was the film’s six-minute segment of Cooper at England’s Ely Cathedral conducting the finale of Mahler’s Second Symphony — a work Bernstein led 19 times at Lincoln Center from 1963-89, including his 1,000th performance with the philharmonic in 1971.—
Ronald Blum,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2024
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The larger point being made, very much in harmony with Matthew Walker’s theory of human nightly emotional processing, is that our dreams are what Jandial calls thought experiments.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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While this may result in short-term harmony, the child will eventually end up sleep-deprived and unable to focus in class.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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The proportion of the population defecating in the open declined significantly from 2016 to 2022, following government efforts and the film’s release.—
Birgit Skarstein,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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The increase in America’s median age coincides with an increase in the proportion of the population that is over 65.—
Adam A. Millsap,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Electrolyte Balance: The adrenal glands ensure a proper balance of minerals in the blood, such as sodium and potassium.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
20 Jan. 2025
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Yet, along the way, technology has knocked the news industry off balance.—
Dan Gardner,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Symphony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symphony. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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