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Recent Examples of homophonic
How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
The content creator also used a homophonic slur at several points throughout the clip.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
The encryption turned out to be a homophonic cipher, in which each letter of the alphabet can be encoded in several different ways.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
So homophonic ciphers used multiple symbols interchangeably for high-frequency letters, Lasry says.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Feb. 2023
Mary used what is called a homophonic cipher, where each letter is replaced with a certain symbol.
—Town & Country, 8 Feb. 2023
The ciphers were homophonic, meaning each letter of the alphabet could be encoded using several cipher symbols, according to the researchers.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
For example, The Knight Before Christmas is homophonic wordplay nodding at a classic holiday poem; A Castle for Christmas is an extremely literal plot summary.
—Vulture, 10 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homophonic
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Women who worked in shops sang together in bellowing, polyphonic unison.—
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This not-quite-title song, which is nearly eight minutes long, is a sort of mini-suite, opening with a dog barking, giving way to an acoustic-guitar melody accompanying polyphonic vocals, then becoming electric and crashingly alive, until the relentless screech of a guitar drags you to the end.—
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But periods of harmonic rotation away from tech have refreshed the uptrend several times.—
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The ensemble was first formed in 1951 by composer Filip Kutev, who reworked monophonic village tunes into multi-part harmonic arrangements that drew from Western choral singing while preserving the ardent throatiness of Bulgarian folk.—
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Within that form, bending but never breaking, Smith excels at tonal range.—
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For example, florals paired with subtle geometrics, or landscapes with tonal abstracts.—
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These topics aren’t inherently popular with millennials and Gen Z, but agronejo has helped to draw in a younger audience by incorporating electronic beats and drawing from baile funk, a popular rhythmic form born in Brazil’s predominantly Black working-class neighborhoods in the 1980s.—
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To simulate life, the AlveoliX system uses rhythmic three-dimensional stretching.—
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Expect bells-and-whistles orchestral shows full of the oddball jokes, elaborate choreographies, and technological thrills that have made the Talking Heads frontman’s recent live show the biggest boon of his solo career.—
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That time, the fire department fought back with an almost orchestral force — convoys of trucks, helicopters hovering low in the smoke, tankers trailing lines of crimson retardant through the canyons.—
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Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak.—
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The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.—
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Levinson has cited David Wojnarowicz’s haunted, unflinching writing on the AIDS crisis as an influence, and the lyric sheet is littered with pets and prayers and names of friends, giving their music the feeling of a community being preserved in song.—
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Apple Music uploaded Dolby Atmos versions of Reputation on the streaming platform, and many eagle-eyed Swifties had noticed that there were two lyric changes on the song list.—
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The San Bernardino band is a pioneer of the subgenre, which blends the traditional instrumentation of Mexican folk balladry with elements of American trap music, namely its beats and the gritty lyrical content that deals with matters of moving contraband, turf wars and endless hustle.—
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But Parton's heartfelt and lyrical promise also has a long history with the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley.—
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“Homophonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homophonic. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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