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timbre

noun as in tone

noun as in sound

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For those in the cabin, the V12 retains the same gorgeous timbre and temper—maybe a little bit angrier.

Recorded in large part during the band’s sojourn to New Orleans, the record positively brims with energy and musical timbre.

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"We have that same timbre but I've had to work on the way he speaks."

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But Jones’ timbre perhaps gave voice to something universal, a sound to nobility and resplendence.

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You could converse in a limited way with Siri, whose default female-coded voice had the timbre and tone of a self-assured middle-aged hotel concierge.

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