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Recent Examples of refrains
What Trump is saying Trump likes to repeat two basic refrains about his economic policy.
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David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
Economists expect the Fed to deliver a kind of hawkish cut, a move that acknowledges the weakness in hiring but refrains from promising a sustained cutting cycle.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025
Normally, the Commission redacts or refrains from publishing proprietary details.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
Economists expect the Fed to deliver a kind of hawkish cut, a move that acknowledges the weakness in hiring but refrains from promising a sustained cutting cycle.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025
Normally, the Commission redacts or refrains from publishing proprietary details.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refrains
choruses
Noun
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On the choruses, SZA’s voice floats in from the back, sharing manifestations and advice.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
30 Dec. 2025
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Three days later, a dozen people picketed outside a cafe on Carmela Grove in Colorado Springs, chanting in call-and-response choruses.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
23 Nov. 2025
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“Refrains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refrains. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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