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as in discordant
making loud, confused, and usually unharmonious sounds the noisy crowd marched up the street, shouting ever louder as they approached the palace

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as in buzzing
full of or characterized by the presence of noise the crowded auditorium was noisy, packed with excited theatergoers eager for the show to start the manufacturing plant was a decidedly noisy place, so we wore ear protection while we toured it

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Recent Examples of noisy The Bose QuietComfort Headphones are $100 off and make noisy commutes disappear with top-tier ANC and rich, customizable audio that won’t wear out your ears. Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 10 June 2025 Signs someone has swallowed a button battery include: noisy breathing, coughing, drooling, difficulty swallowing, a hoarse voice, vomiting, chest or abdominal pain, and gagging, coughing or choking with eating or drinking. Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 8 June 2025 While often noisy and in some cases camping out on food storage boxes, the birds weren’t aggressive. Paul Bersebach, Oc Register, 4 June 2025 The sheer volume of content created far outpaces what audiences can consume, leading to a noisy, crowded digital ecosystem. Luca Brinkhues, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for noisy
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  • The findings offer a compelling response to Crick’s dilemma, reconciling the discordant timescales to explain how ephemeral molecules maintain memories that last a lifetime.
    Ajdina Halilovic, Quanta Magazine, 7 May 2025
  • Homes, bars, and dance halls pulsed with sound in a discordant, desperate attempt to stave off death.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 4 June 2025
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  • Just after dawn on May 29, the swish of chains dragging on asphalt was loud enough to be heard over idling engines.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 10 June 2025
  • Ethical Efficiency insists that systems be designed to truly find and elevate the best solutions, not simply reward the loudest voices or most privileged perspectives.
    Karlo Tanjuakio, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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  • The dog's most distinctive feature—a noticeable facial deformity—raised immediate questions.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
  • Even more notably, Tha Carter V sold a massive 480,000 units in its debut week back in 2018, underscoring a noticeable slide in first-week performance over the years.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 June 2025
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  • The 21st century brought booming sales and a contentious years-long unionization effort.
    Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
  • Wall Street investment banks remain optimistic toward Broadcom, expecting the booming artificial intelligence business to work in tandem with a recovery in Broadcom’s non-AI semiconductor business.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 5 June 2025
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  • His script may go over the top, and a generally adept cast (which also includes prominent parts for Sinbad, Rockmond Dunbar, Shalet Monique and others) copes variably with its excesses.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 June 2025
  • The two prominent Idaho families joined when Andrus’s youngest daughter, Kelly, married Church’s son Chase in 1989.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 6 June 2025
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  • Over 260 state legislators from both parties have condemned the move, calling it a blatant overreach that strips communities of the ability to respond to real-world harms.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
  • The film noir influences that O’Hara is talking about making a blatant part of this production are intriguing.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 June 2025
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  • Even some famous non-country artists will be making their Stagecoach debut like Lana Del Rey, T-Pain (who had a roaring Coachella set the weeks before), and the Backstreet Boys.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Tinnitus is when someone hears ringing in the ears—or a buzzing or roaring sound.
    Carley Millhone, Health, 20 Oct. 2024
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  • The defending champions must find a way to slow down the duo of Draisaitl and Connor McDavid in Game 2, or the series could be heading to Florida with the Oilers holding a commanding 2-0 lead.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
  • Early polls, such as an Inside California Politics/Emerson survey show her with a commanding 31% to 8% lead over former Rep. Katie Porter, who was in second, among likely voters.
    Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 5 June 2025

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“Noisy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noisy. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.

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