as in voiced
expressed or communicated by voice
our cat is given to making strange vocal noises in the dead of night
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as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
a recording artist who arranges his own vocals
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Recent Examples of vocal
Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
McKay joined the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America in 2019 and was a vocal supporter of Bernie Sanders during the 2016 and 2020 Democratic primaries.
—EW.com, 6 Nov. 2024
PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
The 40mm drivers do a great job of ensuring the midrange is forward and that’s particularly noticeable with female vocals.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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China also seeks to reduce its reliance on foreign imports, a concern borne out after the election as the next U.S. president this week of Donald Trump, who has been vocal about increasing trade tariffs and decoupling supply chains from the world’s second-largest economy.
—Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
McKay joined the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America in 2019 and was a vocal supporter of Bernie Sanders during the 2016 and 2020 Democratic primaries.
—EW.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Here, everything from the driving kick drum to Callahan's rich vocals to the sparkling cymbals in the high end is reproduced clearly.
—PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
The 40mm drivers do a great job of ensuring the midrange is forward and that’s particularly noticeable with female vocals.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The 49-year-old voiced hope that, rather than being sold, the medals might find their way back to their rightful owner.Isaac Yee and Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
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Some voiced frustration they hadn’t been consulted on the decision, others voiced support for UMG, agreeing that TikTok should pay more given how large a role music plays on the platform.Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2024
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This week Kendrick Lamar shakes the music world with a surprise album, Rosé slows it down in a soul-baring ballad, and Ariana Grande makes her dreams come true with a highlight from the Wicked soundtrack.Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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Grande and Erivo give Stephen Schwartz’s songs — comedy numbers, introspective ballads, power anthems — effortless spontaneity.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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But Monet also injected some of that positive, punchy energy through transitions between chapter breaks with more poetic group shots and visual art with spoken word, stand-up, and speeches by Black women underneath.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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Legendary horror actor Vincent Price performed the spoken word portion of the song.Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024
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Trouble spots arise as songs lean tackily into nostalgia.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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The song reached new audiences — and new generations — when it was featured in the incredibly popular 2018 biopic film of the same name, which was based on MercyMe singer Bart Millard’s life and focused in large part on the story behind the song.Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Her lyrics tap into frustrations in relationships without narrative hand-holding.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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In addition to his wife, who wrote the album’s lyrics, Gilmour enlisted his 22-year-old daughter, Romany, to sing and play harp on the LP; there’s also a track constructed around an old recording of Wright from 2007.Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Surgeons commonly do the procedure with patients awake, using local anesthesia (numbing injections) plus an oral sedative, like Xanax, to quell anxiety.Jolene Edgar, Allure, 20 Nov. 2024
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Through the Capital Area Dental Foundation, Adamson is also no longer in pain after an oral surgeon was able to remove her wisdom teeth and a dentist was able to provide some other treatments.Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Nov. 2024
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In 1947, Ives’s Third Symphony, a stately mashup of Christian hymns, won him a Pulitzer Prize.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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No Bible readings, hymns about love and support and nature but not God.R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Vocal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocal. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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