consonant
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Now he seems to regret it—though he still hasn’t apologized directly or acknowledged that he was wrong, and is pretending that what he said earlier is consonant with what he’s saying now.
From Slate • Dec. 30, 2025
These consonant clusters comprise multiple letters when written out in the Roman alphabet, but are one letter in the Yautja alphabet.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025
But Mr. Haas’s work is much easier on the ear than most Stockhausen—more consonant and not especially taken up with chromaticism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
The multinational taking over The Connector is the consonant cluster VorschlagXE.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024
In simplest terms, the sound waves of consonant notes "fit" together much better than the sound waves of dissonant notes.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing consonant
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