as in orchestras
a usually large group of musicians playing together
a performance of a Bach concerto by the San Antonio Symphony
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Recent Examples of symphonies
There are dings from streetcars on Canal Street, chimes from slot machines at Caesars New Orleans Hotel & Casino, and celebratory symphonies from innumerable trumpets on countless stages and streetcorners.
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Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds—one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies—is a joy like no other.
—JSTOR Daily, 10 Oct. 2025
America was, however, mad for symphonies, the more heroic the better, and Martinů found his way into the form.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Someone will look back on 2025 and pick through the mountain of symphonies and movies and novels and museum exhibits that were being offered this fall and will deduce this was what America and Chicago were thinking in 2025.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Some even dated back to the time Beethoven was writing his symphonies.
—Big Think, 5 Aug. 2025
Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds—one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies—is a joy like no other.
—JSTOR Daily, 10 Oct. 2025
America was, however, mad for symphonies, the more heroic the better, and Martinů found his way into the form.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Someone will look back on 2025 and pick through the mountain of symphonies and movies and novels and museum exhibits that were being offered this fall and will deduce this was what America and Chicago were thinking in 2025.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Some even dated back to the time Beethoven was writing his symphonies.
—Big Think, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for symphonies
orchestras
Noun
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Medardo was Manuel's teacher and one of the most respected musicians in the history of cumbia orchestras in Ecuador.—
NPR,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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As of 2014, Black musicians made up 2% of American orchestras.—
Matti Gellman,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Symphonies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symphonies. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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