dissonance
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That dissonance is a big part of why “Ice Princess” holds up today.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Anchored on a near-orchestral soundstage, its 20 tracks ricochet from in-your-face punk dissonance to majestic broken-heart dirges, a lovely duet with St. Vincent, rootsy folk interludes and farfisa-rich lounge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The polyphony central to Ives’s music prevented its wide embrace during his lifetime, and even today—when his genius is fully recognized—the dissonance in his scores remains an impediment for many music lovers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
As if this wasn’t ominous enough, the latest BofA Securities fund-manager’s survey shows that Wall Street is, once again, experiencing severe cognitive dissonance: It is simultaneously worried about the market, but afraid to sell.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
This was the second time tonight she had been surprised by the stark dissonance between a face and a mind.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
The man who created “The Rite of Spring”—a ballet whose pounding dissonances and unconventional rhythms caused pandemonium at its 1913 Paris premiere—now insisted that the bolder the creative ambition, the tighter the frame must be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Yorke’s tormented voice has stayed upfront, and the songwriting leans into Radiohead’s dissonances, odd meters and fully enveloping aura of anxiety.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
Pohlad treasures the harmonies and dissonances that wonderful actors create, even if his camera can excessively linger on Affleck’s brooding at the expense of an under-utilized Deschanel as the long-supportive wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
The duel with the guitarist was remarkable, with the two of them first trading, then meshing into some dissonances that were downright avant-garde.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2022
As the music, enlivened by unscored dissonances, swelled to a raucous climax, she gripped the wooden sides of her chair, closed her eyes.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing dissonance
Common Senses: Son ("Sound")
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