as in emotion
a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation
the story of the family's woes struck a sympathetic chord with newspaper readers
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as in to correspond
to be in agreement on every point
the revised system chords perfectly with the original goals
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Recent Examples of chord
Rachel Desantis, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Garza’s heartfelt appeal struck a chord, prompting the family to reconsider.
—Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 12 Feb. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
With the brand new Mike McCready Stratocaster, the artist now has a guitar designed to his specifics, including a custom pickup set to sound like his 1960 Stratocaster, a six-point tremolo, and a fingerboard radius that has enough arc for chording and easier note bending.
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 12 Sep. 2023
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Noun
The symbolism of the insect and its ability to transform into something else has long struck a chord with Jaouad, 36, who was first diagnosed with cancer in 2011, and whose illness returned for a third time last summer.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Garza’s heartfelt appeal struck a chord, prompting the family to reconsider.
—Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
Hypersonic passenger planes, deep-sea thermal-energy power plants, chording keyboards—all have their adherents, eager to jump at the chance of covering their infatuation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
With the brand new Mike McCready Stratocaster, the artist now has a guitar designed to his specifics, including a custom pickup set to sound like his 1960 Stratocaster, a six-point tremolo, and a fingerboard radius that has enough arc for chording and easier note bending.
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 12 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chord
Noun
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Survivors of Asheville’s Hurricane Helen continue to deal with shock, trauma and a roller coaster of emotions.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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Leaders must recognize and validate the emotions of their staff and communities, acknowledging the human cost of a crisis rather than focusing solely on operational recovery.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Critically, the number of Sweeps Coins corresponds with the amount of real money spent or won.—
Daniel Wallach,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The Carolina Panthers’ best years all correspond with this theory, and that’s no coincidence: Sam Mills in 1996, Dan Morgan in 2003 and then both Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis in 2015.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There are clamps that pinch the nipples with different amounts of strength, from a light touch to a tight grip, for a constant feeling of pressure that can feel nice.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
24 Feb. 2025
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The luxurious pieces of the hotel contribute to that feeling of wealth and status.—
Jim Halterman,
IndieWire,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The hospital boom coincided with China’s economic rise, resulting in more people living healthier and for longer.—
Claire Fu,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Kellogg’s trip to Kyiv coincided with recent barbs between Trump and Zelensky that have cast further doubt on the future of U.S. support for Ukraine’s war effort.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Listen to this article Junior forward Rob McGowan has a sense of the Washington Township boys basketball team’s history.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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Not much can be made of the expressions on their faces, but the contorted bodies are sketched to reveal a sense—even evoke a sound—of intermittent agony.—
Emmanuel Iduma,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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This order serves only two purposes: to score partisan political points in a manufactured culture war and to purge the military of those who don’t conform to MAGA ideology.—
Johnny Weixler,
The Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2025
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Fear of retaliation, social conditioning, and the pressure to conform make speaking up difficult.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The average movie on Netflix had 1.68 million views in the second half of 2024; films as varied as Bridget Jones’s Diary and Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice fit that bill at 1.7 million views.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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In this scenario, a patient with a rare or complex condition might not fit neatly into an AI model’s training data.—
Chris Bowen,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The pair returned 138% and 199% during Trump 1.0, and, if history rhymes, the duo could return triple-digits again during Trump 2.0.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Jump to: Today’s Theme | Tricky Clues WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — Parker Higgins owes me an explanation, because his puzzle inspired, and then summarily dashed, my hopes of solving an entirely rhyming crossword.—
Sam Corbin,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Chord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chord. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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