composition
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Inching his way toward its melody and then playing it outright, he explores its harmonic implications and its relationship to the sturdy yet bouncing bass line upon which his composition is built.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
"And that means that the sample we get back may actually contain grains of Mars as well. So it can give us really direct information about the composition and history of Mars."
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Their subject matter, composition and paint handling revealed an utterly original visual sensibility, an almost obsessively focused individuality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"So we're interested in changing the timing of eating in a way that could make a difference in health without changing the composition of what people eat."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Leona said, “we will write a composition using the words you were assigned.”
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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This model of heat-driven magma circulation provides a possible explanation for why the Moon has a chemically similar mantle but such dramatically different crustal compositions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
After experimenting with different angles and compositions, he captured a moment that reveals the extraordinary effort involved in this seemingly simple task.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
It remains one of R.E.M.’s strongest compositions, an entire sonic landscape that morphs instantly into a whole other world.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Livia scores her narration of these events with her most beloved compositions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
These she has cut and shaped and glued carefully to a backing, to form multilayered compositions that resemble cloudscapes.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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