coda

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Recent Examples of coda Advertisement The closures are a striking coda to the Biden administration’s stewardship of the Justice Department’s biggest agency. Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 The lawsuit, filed just before 6 p.m. on Dec. 24, is a fitting coda to a year that saw Presley's iconic Memphis home nearly auctioned off as part of what federal authorities now call an attempt to defraud both Presley's family and Elvis Presley Enterprises. Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2024 Carpenter — whose canon includes such masterpieces as 1978’s Halloween and 1982’s The Thing — did add an optimistic coda to his thoughts on the state of the country and the world. Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024 And besides, by the time the 31st arrives, people are holiday-seasoned out, and New Year’s feels more like a Christmas coda. James Grebey, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for coda 
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Noun
  • The independent film’s script was more than 160 pages long, split into an overture, two parts and an epilogue that chronicles the journey of a Hungarian Jewish architect, played by Adrien Brody, who immigrates to the U.S. after World War II in search of a new beginning for himself and his family.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The larger Star Wars story is a generational thing and Omega, in the epilogue, chooses to continue to rebel against the Empire (potentially teasing a follow-up series), yet the original Bad Batch manages to find peace and become more than just soldiers.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The event is led by Bob Lundy and Elizabeth Yahn Williams with preludes and postludes of pianist Andrew Wong and assisted by artist Marion Wong, illustrator of the HAÏKU for an Artist series.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2019
  • The dance now continues and switches gears as sound bites of Ailey and of Mr. Harris present a postlude suggesting them in conversation.
    Robert Greskovic, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018
Noun
  • Warning: The following contains spoilers for the XO, Kitty Season 2 finale.
    Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 18 Jan. 2025
  • In the season 2 finale, however, Principal Lee grants her request to extend her Heritage scholarship for another year, meaning that although XO, Kitty has yet to be renewed for season 3, Kitty's time at KISS isn't over just yet.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Thrilled to Death collects a career-spanning selection of her short stories starting from the early ’90s, with an afterword by Lucy Sante.
    Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Venuti, in his afterword, points out that parts of the novel can be read as a critique of Fascist machismo.
    Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The book ends with a pair of appendices that will help out Dungeon Masters in a pinch.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Houdini eventually agreed to go to the hospital on Oct. 25, where, during an operation, the surgeon saw that his appendix had burst.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024

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“Coda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coda. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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