coda
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The poignant “Time Waits for No One” features one of Taylor’s most beautiful solos, a fitting coda to the end of his five-year career with the Stones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Visitors are left to reconcile a history of gradually expanding rights and liberties with that portentous coda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Before the unfortunate coda to their story, Chapman and her brother seemed to be the perfect example of reconciliation.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Dangers are ever-present, but the novel is a study in unsentimental indomitability, as the hero reckons with the elements and her past on her way to a heartbreaking coda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
It seemed innocuous, a soft coda to the storm of the morning.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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Two very quick codas to what you’re saying, Mark.
From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2024
AI-generated codas might only confuse whales, and could potentially spread false information between cetacean species.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
Instead of the more commonly known melodies popularized by “Songs of the Humpback Whale,” sperm whales communicate with sequences of clicks called codas.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
Sperm whales communicate through rhythmic patterns of clicks called codas.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
Beethoven added important introductions or codas, or even both, to some of the movements of his sonatas.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by J. S. (John South) Shedlock
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