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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2319, California’s first standalone post-production tax credit, offering 35% to 50% back to lure editing, sound and VFX work home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
I know a lot of folks who may not necessarily watch every single moment of coverage, but keep an eye on developments with the sound off, based on what’s going on with the Big Board.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
Apple has been using practical effects and human craft in its marketing this year, like running sound waves through mineral oil to create a new visual identity for Apple Music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
It may seem counterintuitive, but in some ways, the sound of progress is the sound of silence.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
He’d written a mediocre poem but had performed like a trained actor, which made his mediocre poem sound excellent.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The AI market also benefits from a generally much sounder customer base, including highly profitable cloud-computing giants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The demonstrations began in early May with trade union demands for salary increases, stable fuel supplies and sounder economic management.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
A productive clay-court swing, taking her to the Madrid and Rome finals, meant she arrived in Paris considered a sounder bet than defending champion Swiatek.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
“Democracies are sounder when the reason why some lose does not rest on the fact that they are invisible to those who make decisions,” Verba wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2025
By the time we were finished, Schiem had his sounder in order.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
The former term signifies the belief that the soundest interpretation of a law will have first determined its public meaning at the time of its passage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
As the first study of its kind, it provides the soundest assessment to date of the consequences of stopping antidepressant treatment.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
But most all, just one of the kindest and soundest soul you'll ever meet.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023
In that case, picking up his fifth-year option — fully guaranteed for $17.5 million in 2024 — is the soundest financial decision.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
He is the soundest sleeper I have ever seen.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Vocabulary lists containing sound
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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