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paean

[pee-uhn] / ˈpi ən /


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The picture is both informative and worshipful, a paean to the wonders of God’s creation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

And during Ms. Kealani’s closing paean to Charles X, once again sensitively accompanied by the solo harp, the Gérard picture slowly assembled, with the painting itself finally projected onto the singers and Paulo Fantin’s set.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

The band members impressively stepped into the stunningly gorgeous harmonies of “New Mama,” Young’s delicate and heartwarming paean written after the birth of his first son.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

The Oscars ceremony opens with a cinematic paean to Los Angeles, then Ariana Grande sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025

If thou would'st know the mystic song Chaunted when the sphere was young, Aloft, abroad, the paean swells, O wise man, hear'st thou half it tells?

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John




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