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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

It also carries a contemporary resonance that’s new for the project, and has something to say about how the past can be recontextualized to sound like the future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

His philosophy about living and dying give this documentary extra resonance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 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

Starlight sparkled in the barbed wire, and there were curious reflections and layerings of shadow, and the big white moon added resonance.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

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

Though the timeline for “Train Dreams” is limited mainly to the first half of the 20th century leading into the 1960s, there are contemporary resonances to the film that are hard to miss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025

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

By directly exciting pairs of magnons -- the highest-frequency magnetic resonances in a material -- they discovered a powerful new form of control.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2025

“You choose your behaviors based on their metaphorical resonances ...” I said.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green


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