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symphony orchestra

NOUN
large orchestra
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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour put a symphony orchestra on stage alongside the actors in a savage satire which dramatised the plight of Soviet dissidents locked away in mental hospitals.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

That same year, Life magazine quoted an unnamed member of a symphony orchestra griping that Sinatra actually had the temerity to tell them what tempos he wanted his arrangements played in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Phil into the world’s most successful and influential symphony orchestra.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

When Bryant heard John’s piece for the very first time, emanating from a symphony orchestra, “Oh my God,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

To them its assault on the senses was startlingly fresh, as if someone had uninvented the symphony orchestra and started again from scratch.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall