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tone

noun as in pitch, volume

noun as in color

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noun as in condition of the body

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Salt, dismissed for a golden duck in Cardiff on Wednesday, was quickly out of the blocks on home turf, hitting 18 runs off his first three balls to set the tone for England's onslaught.

From BBC

It also takes on the herculean task of merging many of the ongoing tones and deepest themes of the project.

A dramatic viral video featuring several star players would set the tone for the next nine months as the team, forced into a fellowship of nomads, searched for what it had lost: normalcy.

In his BBC interview in May, there was a distinct shift in tone from the prince.

From BBC

Marshall’s straightforward, reasoned tone pairs well with archival snippets and photos of what life in his era looked like before Thurgood came to town, as the folks he defended would say.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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