tone
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Loitering in the body care aisle of a big box store, hoping someone will arrive to quell the robot’s tone so you can move through the world odor-free, is a uniquely modern humiliation ritual.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
Series creator and executive producer Craig Gerber says the show’s tone is one of the reasons for its enduring popularity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
No host other than Conan O’Brien got more mileage out of his pale complexion, like when Colbert boasted of a vacation tan that took his skin tone “from porcelain to poached chicken breast.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
In both cases, it also seemed apparent that now China has the power to set the tone and the terms of how it wants to engage on the global stage.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
From the tone of her voice and the look in her eyes, I knew she meant what she said.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing tone
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Argumentative Writing
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