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as in choir
an organized group of singers the annual Christmas program presented by the church's chorus

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as in refrain
a part of a song or hymn that is repeated every so often the whole congregation will join in for the chorus

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chorus

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verb

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Recent Examples of chorus
Noun
Most of the monitoring is done during spring evenings, when male toads gather to chorus and breed. Dallas News, 2 May 2022 Two rooms formerly used as locker rooms are now the home to chorus and band. Lily Jackson | Ljackson@al.com, al, 8 Oct. 2019
Verb
Bell continues to work with senior choruses, lends his voice to podcasts about musicals and Sondheim, and plans future productions with Bergen County Players. Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025 Maximum Overdrive, the only movie that King directed, is eligible… but King himself joined the chorus of harsh critics, disowning it and never again returning to the director’s chair . James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chorus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chorus
Noun
  • The Trumps will get a tour of the chapel and a performance from its choir before Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife join the two couples alongside British and American military families.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Brown hopes to make the 3D printing plans and software open source, allowing choirs of dinosaur skull-instruments to be created everywhere.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • More Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images Defensive inconsistency has been a bit of a refrain from pundits beyond Towns' own teams over the years.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • That uneasy tune may be about to shift, and for existing operators—whether in Denver or Durban, Toronto or Tangier—the refrain will be compliance.
    Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After a few seconds, the base chimed and the app confirmed a successful pairing.
    John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Jolie’s performance, which chimes with her experience as a filmmaker and her personal health struggles, is particularly moving.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The final mix includes botanicals, minerals, and vitamins such as holy basil for stress response, curcumin to promote a healthy immune response, konjac root to address oil production, and probiotics to optimize the microbiome.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike traditional applications requiring instant responses, AI operations can tolerate delays—training waits minutes while applications like ChatGPT work perfectly, delivering responses over hundreds of milliseconds.
    Daniel Kearney, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There’s no better name for a Fort Worth barbecue joint, either, for like that apocryphal panther, the city’s once-sleepy barbecue scene has awakened and begun to roar.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Other clips depict engines roaring with huge crowds and fireworks being set off.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Busta also received an assist from Papoose and Joyner Lucas, all of them sharing lyrical wordplay and seamless tradeoffs as Busta swung between his trademark dichotomy of rapping to gruff bellowing.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Cameras panned to him as public address announcer Bob Ford bellowed his name with the starting lineup.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The crowd can be heard chanting Kirk’s name.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Supporters start chanting Kirk's name ahead of his appearance.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Chorus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chorus. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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