as in ringing
marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones
the orator's resonant voice filled the hall
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Recent Examples of resonant
Find Your Communities Just as teams are the units of performance in organizations, so communities are the resonant units for developing islands of coherence.
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Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Both films reflect the company’s deep commitment to rooted, resonant storytelling.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 30 June 2025
It’s been nearly 35 years since James Cameron’s genre-defining Terminator 2: Judgment Day hit theaters, but anyone who has seen it in the intervening decades can remember its resonant ending.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 June 2025
The quality of the performances range from adorably amateur to highly professional, deeply resonant and heartwrenching.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
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Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Both films reflect the company’s deep commitment to rooted, resonant storytelling.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 30 June 2025
It’s been nearly 35 years since James Cameron’s genre-defining Terminator 2: Judgment Day hit theaters, but anyone who has seen it in the intervening decades can remember its resonant ending.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 June 2025
The quality of the performances range from adorably amateur to highly professional, deeply resonant and heartwrenching.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resonant
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Although it can be characterized by a ringing, pulsing, buzzing, hissing or squealing sound, audiologists say the source of the condition lies in the brain's neural networks.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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But with a will Strike all your harps and set them ringing; On hill and heath Let every breath Throw all its power into singing!—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2024
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Paducah, Kentucky, a UNESCO Creative City, offers a vibrant arts and culture scene, including the National Quilt Museum and numerous art galleries.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 July 2025
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For a pop of color, check out this vibrant multi-colored straw bag that holds all your essentials like your phone, keys, and more without the bulk.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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Both of those final round BBQ competitors own BBQ restaurants.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
22 July 2025
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Of course, Funko Pops! are instantly recognizable: oversized heads, small bodies, and those signature large, round black eyes.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Ditto the auxiliary singers, particularly Greene, who paired a deep, sonorous bass range with enthusiastic dance moves that underlined the across-the-board camaraderie.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
20 July 2025
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On Pressing Onward, Freedia is creating her own religious experience of sorts — one that marries the powerful peaks and sonorous valleys of gospel with the irrepressible, relentless energy of bounce.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
23 June 2025
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Flashing lights and reverberant noises may send pets into a frenzy over the holiday.—
Logan Holland,
People.com,
4 July 2025
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Written soon after the death of Mahler’s daughter and soon before his own, the symphony is a sombre, reflective, and reverberant adieu, brewing such melancholy that Leonard Bernstein theorized that Mahler was foretelling his own end.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2025
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Instead, aboard the spacecraft will be twin NASA satellites that will orbit Earth in tandem while studying how the sun's powerful activity can disrupt our planet's magnetosphere.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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Multimodal Integration: Bridging Vision And Language Integrating vision with natural language understanding has led to powerful multimodal models that reason across modalities.—
Rahul Gudise,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The calls from the right flank of the GOP for Phelan's ouster were equally as loud as the calls that any speaker must have the support of most, if not all, of the Republican House members.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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For the millions watching, their story is a reminder that joy doesn’t have to be loud.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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“Resonant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resonant. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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