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as in study
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as in opus
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Recent Examples of étude
In the first etude, strings play on open strings, which creates a sense of harmonic healing by leaving nature well enough alone.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Similarly, the survey of Glass’ etudes was made more varied by the different playing styles of the pianists, all of them excellent, with each bringing distinctive color and character to their pair.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
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
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
Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Similarly, the survey of Glass’ etudes was made more varied by the different playing styles of the pianists, all of them excellent, with each bringing distinctive color and character to their pair.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for étude
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Brain imaging studies have also shown placebo responses can influence stress pathways, hormone activity, immune responses and chemicals tied to mood and pain regulation.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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About 96 million Americans ages 16 and older identify as birders, roughly 37% of the US population, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2022 demographic and economic survey on birding, the most comprehensive study to date.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Steven Spielberg’s latest alien opus topped the box office both internationally and domestically this weekend.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
14 June 2026
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Despite playing with some of its salient iconography, Van Cleef & Arpels’ latest high jewelry opus isn’t a mere revisit of a theme that’s appeared in its vocabulary since the 1920s-era Egyptomania following Carter’s discovery.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
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Jefferson missed most of last summer’s practices with a hamstring injury.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Rondeau described her father as a devoted dad who took her to volleyball and softball practice, went camping with her and taught her about the outdoors.—
Nick Lunemann,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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The session included newer compositions from Rollins, Davis, and Theolonious Monk alongside the theoretically hokey showtunes that Davis would help turn into standards.—
Natalie Weiner,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
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Throughout the trial, the scientists monitored a wide variety of physiological factors, including the animals' weight, glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, hormone levels, internal inflammation and the specific composition of their gut bacteria.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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The lengthy payment rule is an annual exercise in which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees the ACA, can set new standards for coverage.—
Julie Appleby,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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The other four days are a grueling exercise in existential dread.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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Opportunities to acquire a permanent piece of internet infrastructure are considerably rarer.—
Phil Lodico,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
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Choose three- and eight-piece sets to fit any need and make an easy swap for reusable containers, which can also save thousands of plastic bags.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 June 2026
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The project will rely on conventional drill-and-blast methods to carve the tunnel through hard gneiss rock beneath the peninsula.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
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Some of the structure was mildly damaged by the clandestine dig and the use of pickaxes and drills, the ministry said.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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Widely regarded as a masterpiece, the film is regularly hailed as one of the greatest sequels ever made, alongside movies like Aliens and The Godfather Part II.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
19 June 2026
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That man is none other than Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha, whose scintillating seven-save masterpiece against Spain earlier this week has grown his social media follower count from one measured in the thousands to tens of millions in a little more than three days.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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“étude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9tude. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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