as in hymn
a religious song
fervently sang an anthem of praise to the Lord
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Recent Examples of anthem
His anthem ‘Way Up’ was featured as the official soundtrack for the 2025 US Open.
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Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Celebrate Bob Marley’s legacy and his son’s impressive catalog of reggae anthems under the big top by the bay.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
The lyrics reference the anthem of the antifascist Italian resistance during World War II.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Italian brainrot anthems infest Spotify Viral 50 charts across the world, from Denmark to Sweden to Peru to the Czech Republic.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
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Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Celebrate Bob Marley’s legacy and his son’s impressive catalog of reggae anthems under the big top by the bay.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
The lyrics reference the anthem of the antifascist Italian resistance during World War II.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Italian brainrot anthems infest Spotify Viral 50 charts across the world, from Denmark to Sweden to Peru to the Czech Republic.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anthem
Noun
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The songs themselves drew inspiration from real Shaker hymns from the 1700s.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Civil contributes his own piano playing too — notably a Bach hymn that serves as the story’s crowning moment of failure as triumph.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Archbishop Bernard Hebda addressed some 2,000 people at the vigil, where psalms were sung and the silences burrowed deep in the wide room.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Twin Cities,
28 Aug. 2025
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Kretzmer-Seed felt strongly about the inclusion of psalms from the Hallel service as well as a Spanish-Portuguese prayer for those in captivity, which was originally written for victims of the Spanish Inquisition.—
Marla Brown Fogelman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Anthem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anthem. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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