often attributive

Examples of synth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There are no audible guitars, only a handful of drum grooves, with his signature falsetto dropped like breadcrumbs throughout mazes of synth and orchestration. Ryan Reed, SPIN, 26 Apr. 2024 Trending on Billboard Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), drops in on the second verse of the song that bounces along on a video game-like bed of synths and drums. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2024 Her latest is mix of Midnights synths and Folklore/Evermore indie-folk, giving insight into the romantic chaos behind one of her biggest career years yet. Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024 With fluttering synths and an electro-pop beat, it’s structured as one of Swift’s trademark glistening pop gems. USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024 Feverish and wild, the song unravels like a thunderstorm, as Swift wades through a toxic relationship over pulsing drums and haunting synths. Samantha Cooney, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024 Using electronic keyboards, synths, and merging them with the wind instruments common in corridos, Nuñez plans to make timeless music. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024 At the 11-minute mark, Hancock jumped from avant-garde synth stabs to elegant, note cascading runs on the baby grand. Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024 Over a beat that blends classic boom-bap with hazy, droning synths and sultry keys reminiscent of the G-funk heyday, Snoop delivers a characteristically cool verse that name-checks a bunch of his fellow Golden State hip-hop pioneers. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of synth was in 1976

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“Synth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synth. Accessed 3 May. 2024.

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