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Recent Examples of consonance The consonance between domestic order and foreign affairs proved difficult to sustain, however. Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021 Eilish cautions against reading any song as autobiographical, but this song — about being widely seen yet deeply lost and misunderstood — has consonance. August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023 The consonance sounds Intermission. Rebecca Wright and Olha Konovalova, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022 The syllables fall like dominoes, and consonance collapses like a house of cards. Chuck Klosterman, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for consonance 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consonance
Noun
  • Roughly one-third of fourth graders could not identify whole numbers nor lines of symmetry in shapes, while nearly half could not determine familiar words using context clues.
    Meira Gebel, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
  • This design element, another nod to vintage timepieces, serves both a functional and aesthetic purpose, contributing to the watch's overall balance and symmetry.
    Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Experts from the Earthquake Research Center of Istanbul Technical University and civil engineering professors from Dokuz Eylül university concluded that if the hotel had been built in accordance with earthquake regulations the building would not have collapsed.
    Emily Wither, The Dial, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The houses were built in accordance with the recommendations of the Audubon Society and will provide real homes for birds.
    Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As one Heat official said during the recent back-and-forth, plenty of teams win without absolute harmony, including plenty of Heat teams in the past, including a Heat championship team.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Venus is considered to be in detriment in Aries per traditional astrology — Aries’ impulse and desire for assertion clashes with Venus’ desire for harmony and cooperation, which can make relationships feel more competitive and overwhelmingly passionate than usual.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • For more staying power, consider the most potent of the bunch: Bleu de Chanel Parfum, with its sandalwood-cedar accord, which debuted in 2018.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The Wye agreement collapsed within months, and Clinton’s herculean effort to broker a final peace accord failed in the closing weeks of his presidency.
    Jane Harman, TIME, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • He was captivated by the score, which Park and Aronson describe as a stew of indie music, modern classical orchestration, jazz chords, film scores, and minimalist motor rhythms, with a few jazz-standard pastiche songs mixed in.
    Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
  • May Pang, who was in her early 20s then, had started as John and Yoko’s assistant but, at Yoko’s urging — some say orchestration — had become his companion during the couple’s separation.
    Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The study shows that the Palisades fire area has the highest proportion of LEP Asians, followed by those living in the Eaton evacuation zone, where a large segment of the Asian population is located.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
  • The increase in gross margin is attributed to the higher proportion of direct-to-consumer sales.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While markers of bone growth improved in both groups, only the vest set gained better balance.
    Jolene Edgar, Allure, 11 Feb. 2025
  • But there’s another, more promising option for budget goals: structural balance targets that tie the spending and revenue trends together.
    Kurt Couchman, National Review, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Consonance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consonance. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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