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Recent Examples of tunes
Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
The performance of jazz standards and original tunes by his quartet on the first night of the festival, in a cosy downstairs bar at the Archer Street club, was a real treat.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Across the field, Granite Hills’ talented junior quarterback, Zac Benitez, chilled out, bobbing his head to tunes playing on his headphones.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
Rowland wrote these tunes surrounded by that pastoral beauty.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
The Boise Edelweiss Band, Treasure Valley Musik Meisters and Suono Dolce Tuba Quartet will supply tunes.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
Rick Davies of Supertramp 1944-2025 thanks for the great tunes.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
At the peak of their success in the 1970s, the duo would share vocal duties and co-write many of the band’s signature tunes.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Dickinson has written roughly an equal amount of tunes for solo records.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
The group of musicians behind him are no less powerful, pumping out high-voltage tunes that defy genre by blending rock, blues, pop, and everything within their orbit.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
The performance of jazz standards and original tunes by his quartet on the first night of the festival, in a cosy downstairs bar at the Archer Street club, was a real treat.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Across the field, Granite Hills’ talented junior quarterback, Zac Benitez, chilled out, bobbing his head to tunes playing on his headphones.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
Rowland wrote these tunes surrounded by that pastoral beauty.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
The Boise Edelweiss Band, Treasure Valley Musik Meisters and Suono Dolce Tuba Quartet will supply tunes.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
Rick Davies of Supertramp 1944-2025 thanks for the great tunes.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
At the peak of their success in the 1970s, the duo would share vocal duties and co-write many of the band’s signature tunes.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Dickinson has written roughly an equal amount of tunes for solo records.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tunes
Noun
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The Our Song band will play German melodies, European harvest anthems and American pop hits.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Soundtracking Case’s words are windswept arrangements and contagious melodies where baritone guitar, violin swells, and steady percussion crumple up feelings of dread and anxiety.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In particular, the LEAP keys, as befitting their central importance, were given a row to themselves in an eye-catching shade of pink.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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To bring up help at any point in time, press control, shift, and h keys together.—
Patrick Merrell,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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So, now going to the club with records playing, playing for kids that were not alive when some of these songs came out and watching a really great young DJ like Cosmo play this music from the same era with her own slant on it.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Henry decided to pursue music instead of film, with his songs appearing on the soundtracks of his mom’s movies, including Julie and Julia and Ricki and the Flash.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Looking a bit deeper, the company is using AI to further refine Snapshot—its program that adapts rates based on real-time data from a customer’s car.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The other adapts to seawater or brackish water sources by including desalination.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Asheville Dream Center, which is an outreach arm for churches and businesses that coordinates volunteer efforts in the community, is also included in the TV crew’s plans.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Sep. 2025
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Its movements are governed by a whole-body control framework, which coordinates all joints simultaneously as one dynamic system rather than operating each individually.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Tunes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tunes. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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