as in orchestra
a usually large group of musicians playing together
plays oboe in the local symphony orchestra
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Recent Examples of symphony orchestra
The contest’s three finalists performed with the symphony orchestra last month at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church.
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Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
More about the Charlotte Symphony The Charlotte Symphony is the oldest continuously operating symphony orchestra in the Carolinas.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
Carmel Valley Summer Symphony (CVSS) is a free two-week summer intensive where student musicians can play alongside their peers in a full symphony orchestra, as well as in smaller jazz and chamber ensembles.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
The curtain opened to a full, 55-piece symphony orchestra performing a medley of 14 brands’ advertising jingles from the last century.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
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Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
More about the Charlotte Symphony The Charlotte Symphony is the oldest continuously operating symphony orchestra in the Carolinas.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
Carmel Valley Summer Symphony (CVSS) is a free two-week summer intensive where student musicians can play alongside their peers in a full symphony orchestra, as well as in smaller jazz and chamber ensembles.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
The curtain opened to a full, 55-piece symphony orchestra performing a medley of 14 brands’ advertising jingles from the last century.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symphony orchestra
Noun
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Imagine an orchestra where every musician trained at Juilliard, but there’s no conductor.—
Tejas Manohar,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Boswell recorded the score at Lyndhurst Studios, Hampstead on April 5-6, 2018, with an orchestra of about 30-40 people.—
Leila Jordan,
IndieWire,
23 June 2025
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As commuters unload from carpools passing through the parking lot of a Tri-Rail station on a recent weekday morning, they’re greeted by a symphony of construction while waiting for their trains.—
CD Goette-Luciak,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2025
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The song has 57 musicians, a mix between mariachi and a symphony.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
20 June 2025
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Back in New York their evenings were spent at the ballet, the philharmonic, the opera.—
Irina Aleksander,
Vogue,
11 Dec. 2024
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The philharmonic then contracted with Tracey Levy of Levy Employment Law to conduct an independent second investigation.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
6 Nov. 2024
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“Symphony orchestra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symphony%20orchestra. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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