orchestral
adjective
or·ches·tral
ȯr-ˈke-strəl 
1
: of, relating to, or composed for an orchestra
2
: suggestive of an orchestra or its musical qualities
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Queen may have started as a four-piece rock band but their ambitions and grandiose stage shows led to lavish studio productions that took them in orchestral and operatic directions.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2025
Dance music, orchestral arrangements, cinematic sweeps and mesmerizing beats will utilize the venue’s pristine sound system.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The album version shifts from what could at first be mistaken for a pastoral, pleasant crooner about country life into a four-alarm fire, crackling with impatient riffs by the first refrain, when horns pile insistently on top of each other only to strip back, again, to an orchestral piano hymn.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Around that time, Longstreth collaborated with Solange, produced an album for the Tuareg musician Bombino, and worked on an orchestral arrangement for Joanna Newsom.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2025
Dance music, orchestral arrangements, cinematic sweeps and mesmerizing beats will utilize the venue’s pristine sound system.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The album version shifts from what could at first be mistaken for a pastoral, pleasant crooner about country life into a four-alarm fire, crackling with impatient riffs by the first refrain, when horns pile insistently on top of each other only to strip back, again, to an orchestral piano hymn.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Around that time, Longstreth collaborated with Solange, produced an album for the Tuareg musician Bombino, and worked on an orchestral arrangement for Joanna Newsom.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for orchestral
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“Orchestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orchestral. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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orchestral
adjective
or·ches·tral
ȯr-ˈkes-trəl
: of, relating to, or written for an orchestra
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