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resonance

[rez-uh-nuhns] / ˈrɛz ə nəns /
NOUN
reverberation
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That also means that it doesn’t really matter that the “VisionQuest” narrative favors mechanical efficiency over emotional resonance now we’re four episodes in.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Bankers acknowledged the resonance of these issues but see no appreciable impact on the momentum behind the buildout.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

What’s their plan to recapture the resonance that Nike once had?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The show will merge not only the cultural resonance of the two in Mexican American culture, but also unite the sounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Whatever Edlefsen had seen inside his little chamber, Livingston concluded, it was not resonance.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

In a press release, the track was described as "a tender country song detailing broken family ties, that holds wider resonances".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

"The most obvious indicator of device quality is the shape of the resonances and we want them to be deep and narrow, like a needle piercing through the signal background," Erikson said.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026

Part of the enduring power of Vasari’s rinascita might derive from the mystical resonances within the word.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

But what struck me in reading about the lawsuit were its resonances with 1985, and the French attack on the Rainbow Warrior.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025

“You’ll forgive me for saying so, my dear, but I perceive very little aura around you. Very little receptivity to the resonances of the future.”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling


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