as in voiced
expressed or communicated by voice
our cat is given to making strange vocal noises in the dead of night
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as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
a recording artist who arranges his own vocals
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Recent Examples of vocal
Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
School Board member Adam Cervera also has been vocal about his concern.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Later, Jeong and Thicke also joined in the vocals.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 8 Jan. 2026
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Since then, Pratt has been one of the most vocal public critics of current Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom over their handling of the disaster.
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Faithfull’s signature, distinctive, melodic, high-register vocals had defined her career, but her voice was permanently altered by severe laryngitis and her persistent drug abuse.
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Sanders, who co-directed the original movie and voiced Stitch, reprised his voice-over role in the 2025 update.—
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Several cast members returned, including co-writer and co-director Chris Sanders, who created and voiced Stitch.—
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In the ballad, the hero is betrayed by his cousin, who bleeds him too severely while administering a blood-letting cure.—
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The music video for the ballad, included on the deluxe edition of Cyrus's Something Beautiful, depicts Cyrus in a sculptural Iris van Herpen look that screams avant-garde.—
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The information also helped law enforcement unravel a case that has devastated the 13-year-old’s family and friends and the community where the soft-spoken teen, known as gentle and kind, lived.—
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The project veered toward her most experimental impulses, stretching to nearly 90 minutes of drones and eerie spoken word.—
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But thanks to some small wardrobe issues and then some bigger mic issues — and the biggest issue of it just not entirely connecting — the song was a flop.—
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Both in California and Iowa, many Jesus People were certain the events depicted in Larry Norman’s song would occur in either 1981 or 1988.—
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Acharia attended Raj’s recent New York City show, describing a packed venue where the predominantly young, female audience knew every lyric.—
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Other sertanejo and agronejo artists content themselves with promoting agrobusiness interests through their lyrics, praising industrial farming and the miracle of pesticides.—
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Their oral immunization, called RotaTeq and delivered as a series of sugar-sweet drops to infants, would ultimately be licensed in 2006.—
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The drug also worked better than a placebo and outperformed Amgen’s oral drug Otezla.—
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The dramatic arc of the film’s first half — filled with the ecstasy of God’s embrace and the agony of imprisonment — is told through musical numbers, adapted from the Shakers’ ecstatic worship, dance, hymns, and music (watch the video above to learn more).—
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The Christmas hymn was originally intended for a choir with a string quartet, percussion and piano, but Amato picked out a solo piano version of the piece written by musician Dan Forrest.—
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“Vocal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocal. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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