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resonance

[rez-uh-nuhns] / ˈrɛz ə nəns /
NOUN
reverberation
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Tolkien seems to have been of two minds about Shakespeare, Mr. Taylor relates—“suspicious of his reputation as a dramatist, while . . . allowing the resonance of many an individual line.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

That also means that it doesn’t really matter that the “VisionQuest” narrative favors mechanical efficiency over emotional resonance now we’re four episodes in.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Using cellular thermal shift assays, microscale thermophoresis, and surface plasmon resonance, they identified ACOT1 as a direct molecular target of obakulactone.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Bankers acknowledged the resonance of these issues but see no appreciable impact on the momentum behind the buildout.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

It grows into an earsplitting mechanical resonance that changes pitch as a shadow passes overhead.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

In a press release, the track was described as "a tender country song detailing broken family ties, that holds wider resonances".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

"The most obvious indicator of device quality is the shape of the resonances and we want them to be deep and narrow, like a needle piercing through the signal background," Erikson said.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026

Though the timeline for “Train Dreams” is limited mainly to the first half of the 20th century leading into the 1960s, there are contemporary resonances to the film that are hard to miss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025

Part of the enduring power of Vasari’s rinascita might derive from the mystical resonances within the word.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

“You choose your behaviors based on their metaphorical resonances ...” I said.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green


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