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cacophony

[kuh-kof-uh-nee] / kəˈkɒf ə ni /
NOUN
dissonance
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The cafe is a cacophony of color in an expanse of desert brown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Her complicated story reflects the cacophony of a town where everyone has their own idea of what is right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

And while Grande later insisted the break was pre-planned and not “reactive or impulsive,” there’s no doubt the announcement was timed to dull the cacophony of both the jeers and cheers.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

But what is it about the sound of someone scrolling on loud that I find so abrasive when any city or bus is already a cacophony of competing sounds?

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Every phone vibrates and dings in unison, a strange and troubling cacophony.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

But much of the prominent fiction of 2022 met the moment and captured this fragmentation, thick with code-switching, style-shifting and cacophonies of anxious narration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022

The cacophony of viewpoints in a nation unafraid to express them seemed to yield what such cacophonies often yield: muddle.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022

But the score is beautiful, with patterns and loops and cacophonies that echo Evan’s mind.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2016

The tracks I keep coming back to highlight the cacophonies of California lo-fi pop, carnival ambiance, and sounds that can only be described as straight off the Teletubbies cutting room floor.

From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2014

His screams, his grunts, his discords, and harsh jarring cacophonies were an outrage to the very name of music.

From The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle




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