as in complement
something that is found along with something else
the sound of crickets was the perfect accompaniment to our summer evenings on the porch
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Recent Examples of accompaniment
The charcuterie board here features three meats, three cheeses and accompaniments ($26), and is available during lunch, happy hour and dinner.
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Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The president of the Veneto regional government which comprises Venice, Luca Zaia, told reporters Tuesday that the wedding and its various accompaniments were set to cost 40 million to 48 million euros ($47-$56 million).
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 27 June 2025
Their harmonies, coupled with Blake’s accompaniment, elicited enthusiastic applause from the intimate audience.
—Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
Rosanne Cash and Trisha Yearwood, with accompaniment by John Leventhal, will host the third annual Sunken Lands Songwriting Circle on the Arkansas State University campus in September.
—Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 18 June 2025
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Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The president of the Veneto regional government which comprises Venice, Luca Zaia, told reporters Tuesday that the wedding and its various accompaniments were set to cost 40 million to 48 million euros ($47-$56 million).
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 27 June 2025
Their harmonies, coupled with Blake’s accompaniment, elicited enthusiastic applause from the intimate audience.
—Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
Rosanne Cash and Trisha Yearwood, with accompaniment by John Leventhal, will host the third annual Sunken Lands Songwriting Circle on the Arkansas State University campus in September.
—Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompaniment
Noun
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Apple and caramel are the perfect complement to graham cracker's warm, nutty flavors.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
17 July 2025
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Its complement, formerly the home of tycoon and philanthropist Chung Keng Quee and now the Pinang Peranakan Mansion, was painted the precise food-coloring green of Malaysian pandan cake.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Eckhardt’s Senate companion bill was referred to the Finance Committee but has not yet received a hearing.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Was the genesis of WWE: Unreal sort of a Netflix demand as a companion program to Raw?—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
29 July 2025
Noun
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The hope, for many in Vietnam, is that the war and all its concomitant struggles will fade into the oblivion of prosperity.—
Damien Cave,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Early capitalism and its disciplinary concomitant, the then-nascent field of political economy, understood workers not as people, with a craving for vastness, but as animals, who aspire to nothing more ornate than subsistence.—
Becca Rothfeld,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Mar. 2024
Noun
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No one witnessed the abduction but authorities became concerned when customers at the gas station reported that there was no attendant.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Krypto excitedly tackles her to the ground, as Clark explains to one of his android attendants that Kara, who recently turned 21, is a party girl.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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In that incident, a 21-year-old man was found shot in the stomach.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
28 July 2025
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Swan and the two other men were arrested in connection with the shooting incident on Dickson Street.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Another corollary was that the greatest danger to the nation lay farther away.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
11 July 2025
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The corollary of all these events is that Nyaan ends up with Kycilia, by way of Olivier, and Machu with Challia.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
Noun
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There is a lovely horn obbligato to Sifare’s Act 3 aria which would be challenging to play on a modern instrument.—
Christian Hertzog,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2023
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As an obbligato of protest continued behind Wilson, Dylan, accepting Wilson’s advice, sang the insert.—
Mick Stevens,
The New Yorker,
12 Aug. 2021
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Already, consequences are reverberating through rural and urban communities as Trump’s Cabinet dismantles decades of progress, damages the futures of our children and hurts America’s economy, leaving a trail of destruction for future generations to clean up.—
Juliana Stratton,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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This prevents travel to the United States and serves as a tangible consequence for non-compliance.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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“Accompaniment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompaniment. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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