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  • plural of blue.
  • present tense form of blue (3rd person singular).
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blues

[blooz] / bluz /


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A scholar of jazz and blues, he explains how sorrow and ecstasy, trauma and resilience, all of life’s reverberations are felt in every note he plays.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Throughout this year, the entire country seems to have been afflicted with the weather-app blues.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

Born in Frankston, Texas in 1949, Beard joined ZZ Top in 1969 and followed the three-man band's progression from heavy blues to its experimental synthesizer sound of the 1980s.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Researchers have found that, more often than not, the end-of-summer blues lead to stock market weakness.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Now Mother’s shack is the mere peak of a roof surrounded by a blaze of pinks, blues, oranges.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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