as in musical
having a pleasing mixture of notes
the symphonic chorus of frogs in the spring
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Joined by the backup vocalists of venerable Puerto Rican orchestra El Gran Combo, Peluso channels the precise moment in time (the tail end of the ’70s) when salsa became operatic and symphonic.
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Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Gregory Alan Isakov has announced a special headlining tour alongside full symphonic orchestras in 2025.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2024
Avery Mann, Greenbrier High: Avery is the Drum Major of Greenbrier's Marching Bobcats and a trombone player in the symphonic band.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
The Star Wars symphonic soundtrack featuring music by composer John Williams varied depending on which Disneyland fireworks show was playing on any particular night.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 18 Dec. 2024
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Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Gregory Alan Isakov has announced a special headlining tour alongside full symphonic orchestras in 2025.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2024
Avery Mann, Greenbrier High: Avery is the Drum Major of Greenbrier's Marching Bobcats and a trombone player in the symphonic band.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
The Star Wars symphonic soundtrack featuring music by composer John Williams varied depending on which Disneyland fireworks show was playing on any particular night.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symphonic
Adjective
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Since that sketch aired, Swift has returned to SNL on three occasions as a musical guest in 2017, 2019, and 2021.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
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The young man who mixed and mastered it, Curtis Lindsey, is actually my [musical director] and has been with me for maybe 17 years.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
14 Feb. 2025
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Directed by Ivo Raza, the clip features Osbourne, Morrison, Stevens, and others working on the track at NRG Studios in Los Angeles, while the orchestral session was filmed in Budapest.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
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Higher ceiling panels will allow orchestral sound more room to disperse, rather than clotting onstage.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The king of hooks, timestamps, and melodious raps, minus his hitmaker aura and reference tracks, is found…lacking.—
Rob Marriott,
VIBE.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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The only relief from the monotony, and from worrying about the anguish my family must have been undergoing over my disappearance, was—bizarrely—the melodious voice of a female prisoner in another cell singing a Christian hymn that included 'Save me Jesus' in its refrain.—
Jason Fields,
Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Symphonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symphonic. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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