grace note
noun
1
: a musical note added as an ornament
especially
: appoggiatura
2
: a small addition or embellishment
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But when a president, at the end of his term in office, in the interest of fairness, corrects mistakes made by the penal system during his or a previous president's term, that is often a grace note of his time in office.
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
An anecdote from Shostakovich’s last years adds a grace note to the tortuous history of the Fifth.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
To bring up another Turkish auteur with an affinity towards longer and slower rhythms, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, for instance, knows how to infuse every small moment with arresting grace notes.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Yet the episode still has time for quieter, subtler scenes, serving as welcome grace notes.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 28 July 2024
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
An anecdote from Shostakovich’s last years adds a grace note to the tortuous history of the Fifth.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
To bring up another Turkish auteur with an affinity towards longer and slower rhythms, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, for instance, knows how to infuse every small moment with arresting grace notes.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Yet the episode still has time for quieter, subtler scenes, serving as welcome grace notes.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 28 July 2024
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“Grace note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grace%20note. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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