as in complement
something that is found along with something else
the sound of crickets was the perfect accompaniment to our summer evenings on the porch
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Recent Examples of accompaniment
The boom also brought the usual social accompaniments —gambling houses, brothels and frequent killings in the oilfields.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Oct. 2024
This means that as well as knocking out a catchy tune on the keys, the system can be set to bring in backing instruments with a wave of the hand or supply atmospheric synthesized accompaniment.
—New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
Those accompaniments reflect Wu-Bower’s father’s American Southern side of the family.
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
Sound came out of her throat of its own accord, providing shrill accompaniment to Art’s assault.
—William Earl, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
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Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Oct. 2024
This means that as well as knocking out a catchy tune on the keys, the system can be set to bring in backing instruments with a wave of the hand or supply atmospheric synthesized accompaniment.
—New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
Those accompaniments reflect Wu-Bower’s father’s American Southern side of the family.
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
Sound came out of her throat of its own accord, providing shrill accompaniment to Art’s assault.
—William Earl, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompaniment
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Crucially Dunn considered wellness not a replacement for or foe of medicine, but its complement.Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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The future is embracing a feminine approach - not in opposition to past paradigms, but as a complement to them - bringing care, complexity, and artistry to technology and design. Katie McIntyre, founder of Katie McIntyre Studio and MATRIARCH, is at the forefront of this movement.Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Last but not least this week is the furry companions of pet sitter Renee Mendiola.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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Through memories of festive Christmas tables, the joy of unexpected gifts and the warmth of family reunions, this anthology makes the perfect companion for cozy winter evenings.Roxsy Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the concomitant rise in oil prices led to a 180-degree turn in Biden’s approach toward Riyadh.F. Gregory Gause III, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2024
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It will be forgotten, on the one hand, that jealousy is the usual concomitant of love, and that the noble enthusiasm of liberty is apt to be infected with a spirit of narrow and illiberal distrust.Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2024
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The mayor hosted a fundraiser with cryptocurrency industry executives in Puerto Rico last week where attendants were encouraged to give $3,700 each.Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Arriving at Teterboro, a lounge filled with treats and happy attendants awaited, easing the walk out on the tarmac, where selfies broke out in front of the plane.Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2024
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On December 15, two Russian flagged tankers caught in a storm off the Krasnodar region were involved in a maritime incident which saw thousands of tonnes of oil spilt and Greenpeace warning of an environmental disaster.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Johnson was taken into police custody around 3 p.m. Monday and charged with public intoxication and possession of an open container, according to an incident report from the Greenville Police Department.Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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From a corollary that the evil white people inflicted on Black people continued when slavery ended, Fard posited a metaphysics and a battle plan that began with the theory that the first humans were Black, their innocence earning them the gift of life.Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
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Keeping those moments was, for Lockington, a musical corollary for the series’ rough characters.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Dec. 2024
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There is a lovely horn obbligato to Sifare’s Act 3 aria which would be challenging to play on a modern instrument.Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2023
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As an obbligato of protest continued behind Wilson, Dylan, accepting Wilson’s advice, sang the insert.Mick Stevens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
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In the months leading up to the attack, Mangione frequently posted on X about the negative health consequences of modern technology.Nik Popli, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Adoption of Multi-Cloud Strategies: Businesses will move toward multi-cloud environments, including some limited private cloud footprints, to enhance resilience and reduce reliance on a single provider as a consequence of the AWS and Azure outages of this past summer.Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Accompaniment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompaniment. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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