étude

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Recent Examples of étude By that measure, the mostly instrumental The Bad Fire contains what feels like etudes on unhappiness, a perpetual sense of never really fitting in anywhere. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025 Advertisement Something similar happened with the composition of the etudes themselves. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024 Apparently, performing Musser’s etudes for marimba is a rite of passage for percussion majors. IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2023 But these songs are not so much referential as reverential: meditative daybreak etudes capable of conveying the feeling that all is right in the world. Pitchfork, 28 Sep. 2023 At its worst, the music on Everyone’s Crushed sounds like etudes – studies in experimentalism, finger exercises for tyros in the avant-garde. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2023 To treat those simply as etudes and exercises would be a disservice, and Ferrillo deployed the expressive acumen that BSO listeners know well, gracefully responding to the orchestra. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023 In the etude inspired by Native American Margaret Bradshaw’s My World is Not Flat, a playful Pueblo dance song comes up now and then. Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2021 So far, Wingfield has released a handful of etudes. Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for étude
Noun
  • Around 99% of its students rely on federal funding in some way, whether loans, grants or federal work study programs.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Other threats to this insect include habitat loss and pesticide use, the study said.
    Megan Forrester, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On the movies side of the charts, last week’s repeat No. 1 champ, Kevin Costner’s Western opus Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, fell to No. 8 with 167 million minutes viewed.
    Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Plus, The Weeknd made fans wait three years for a new project after being omnipresent at the start of the decade, resulting in a thirst for new music that was slaked by a 22-song opus ripe for racking up major streaming totals.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Enormous efforts behind the scenes during practice saw Reddick's team build the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota's performance.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Primary care physicians in the US typically see 20 – 30 patients a day, in consultations that in some practices average as short as 12 minutes.
    Stephen Wunker, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In Nyoni’s terrific compositions, special mention must be made of David Gallego’s crisply evocative cinematography: interiors and exteriors of moonlit, shadowy depth that suggest an eternal night made palatable by pockets of haunting light.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
  • These findings highlight an unexpected disconnection between diet and gut flora composition.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Mazzoli created a lush score that was alternately sweeping or intimate, sensuous or mystical, yet with a distinctive sound that was her own weaving a thread through the piece.
    Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com, 19 July 2017
  • This is why the war stories of Tom Clancy are such convincing and moving pieces of fiction.
    Janine Barchas, Washington Post, 18 July 2017
Noun
  • Use Virtual Team-Building Activities To Encourage Bonding One effective exercise a leader can implement is organizing virtual team-building activities.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Summary There's no doubt about it: cardio exercise is good for your health.
    Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The strapless Christian Siriano dress—which looks like a shattered mirror pieced together to create a sartorial masterpiece—competes with some of Berry's best Oscar getups, as does her beauty look.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Here, however, his anti-authoritarian antics perfectly light up one of cinema's great masterpieces.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused the United States and South Korea of increasing tensions with their joint drills and Pyongyang often responds with bellicose threats.
    Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
  • China deploys air and naval forces around Taiwan for patrols and drills on a daily basis, exerting military pressure on the island.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025

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“étude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9tude. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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