dissonance
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Well, that is a conundrum that Mrs. Waters, in the interest of avoiding confrontation with her life’s cognitive dissonance, should probably learn to live with.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 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
They stared at him, at his face that was as blue as his hands, and they struggled—all save Thyon—with an overwhelming upsurge of cognitive dissonance.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
The word-painting in these arresting madrigal-style pieces, heightened by Gesualdo’s characteristic dissonances, is starkly immediate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
The group’s albums were much admired for their mixture of classical and blues elements, along with screaming dissonances from Robin Trower’s guitar, a searing backdrop from Matthew Fisher’s organ and the terse precision of B.J.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2023
In “Der Doppelgänger” — one of Schubert’s most terrifying songs — she sustained dissonances, letting their uneasiness warp and linger under Padmore’s stark melody.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
Everything about it, from the spare, enveloping details of Grant Major’s production design to the nerve-shredding dissonances of Jonny Greenwood’s score, directs our focus inward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
Or is there a kind of cosmic fugue, with themes and counterpoints, dissonances and harmonies, a billion different voices playing the life music of the Galaxy?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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