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composition

[kom-puh-zish-uhn] / ˌkɒm pəˈzɪʃ ən /




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Tina Tallon, a professor of artificial intelligence and music composition at The Ohio State University, explains that a "click track" features clicks or beeps such as a metronome, or other cues to capture rhythm.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

A composition by Rubén Fuentes and Alberto Cervantes, the song wasn’t just another lilting ranchera from the 1950s — that much was clear.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Most of the pollen samples turned out to be a relatively poor match for the essential amino acid composition of honeybee tissues.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

A July trip to Target to get everything on her list — among the items, two packs of wired headphones, Band-Aids, eight folders and four composition notebooks — cost about $230.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

He was muttering indecipherable calculations, while the Fellerings—the twin metallurgists—discussed the possible composition of the blue metal.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

On “Live In New York: At the Rubin Museum of Art,” released in 2006, Mr. Batiste played just one of his compositions, “Green Chimneys.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

In one sense, he was selling himself short: “Revolver” featured three Harrison compositions, a glut of new material that included “Taxman,” “Love You To” and “I Want to Tell You.”

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

The discovery offers the strongest evidence so far that planets with broadly Earth-like temperatures and rocky compositions may exist beyond our solar system while also retaining conditions that could potentially support life.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Last cycle, seven states had their most expensive judicial elections ever, including Montana and Kentucky, states with partisan compositions more like Kansas.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

But if Dvorak’s teaching methods raised eyebrows among his adopted countrymen, his own American compositions were to prove even more controversial.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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