as in chorus
an organized group of singers joined the choir for next year

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Recent Examples of choir The announcement comes days after Smith previously teased fans with two snippets of the new song, featuring them singing a gentle R&B melody alongside a gospel choir. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 22 July 2025 The Choral is about an ambitious choral society in Yorkshire in 1916 in which the chorus master and most of the choir have volunteered for the front. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 16 July 2025 Both my parents are classical musicians and also music educators, so I was surrounded by music my whole life, played in bands, wrote songs, was in band and choir. Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Montgomery Elementary principal Bobby Ingalls welcomed guests to the school before the Montgomery Elementary School fifth-grade choir and Montgomery High School Madrigals gave musical tributes. Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for choir
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chorus
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  • The 28 songs that Gaga, her dancers and band performed Tuesday night come at you with big choruses, soaring melodies, catchy hooks, fun strings of nonsense syllables and her signature deployment of eclectic styles — disco, glam rock, ’80s boogie, house, heavy metal and Daft Punk.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 24 July 2025
  • But most striking about the song is its bridge, a glorious chorus of synths that dovetails into piano and strings before thumping back into head-nodding bliss.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 July 2025

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“Choir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choir. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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