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Recent Examples of tonal
The tonal depth in his prints is rich, dense, and moody—not a void but a presence.
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Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
Built of traditional pietra leccese, the interiors have been renovated to create a clean, contemporary canvas with sleek, tonal furniture.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 25 Mar. 2026
Styled like a hyper-sexualized Powerpuff Girl, Cherry is responsible for many of the film’s biggest laughs — and some of its strangest tonal misfires.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
To recreate the look, swap your standard black suit for a chocolate or espresso tone and pair it with a crisp shirt or tonal layers.
—Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
Built of traditional pietra leccese, the interiors have been renovated to create a clean, contemporary canvas with sleek, tonal furniture.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 25 Mar. 2026
Styled like a hyper-sexualized Powerpuff Girl, Cherry is responsible for many of the film’s biggest laughs — and some of its strangest tonal misfires.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
To recreate the look, swap your standard black suit for a chocolate or espresso tone and pair it with a crisp shirt or tonal layers.
—Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonal
Adjective
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The first AirPods Max was lauded for its great sound with the company's in-house 40-mm driver designed for exceptionally low harmonic distortion.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Mar. 2026
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These modes are referred to as a damped harmonic oscillator.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The orchestral instruments contain several choir samples, a harp, a pipe organ, and the usual brass, percussion, strings, and woodwinds.—
Jamie Lendino,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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Born in Venezuela, Dudamel was trained through El Sistema, a national music education program focused on youth development through orchestral instruction.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Many songs are now written on computers, using sequencers, patterns, and loops, with notes laid out in perfect synchrony on a rhythmic, 4/4 grid.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Instead, Angine de Poitrine are more like Meshuggah or Dawn of Midi, establishing a meter and then creating rhythmic illusions using creative bursts of syncopation.—
Christopher R. Weingarten,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
2 Mar. 2020
Adjective
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The choral elements on the record shine most vividly on the title track, which features polyphonic swells of voices humming melodies, overtaking the piano, dropping and then rising again.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Women who worked in shops sang together in bellowing, polyphonic unison.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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My introduction to homophonic translation came from my former teacher, Mónica de la Torre.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Jan. 2026
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How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The life of the rural region is framed in airy and luminous wide-screen images that recur with a lyrical vision of vast arcs of time amid dramatic social change.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The greatest adjustment in Cornfield’s new music is her lyrical framing.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Tonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonal. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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