chants 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of chant
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as in sings
to utter in musical or drawn out tones the frustrated crowd at the rock concert started to chant, "We want the show to start!"

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chants

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noun

plural of chant

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Noun
  • Baez, whose anthems helped to score the 1960s civil rights movement, has long combined her music career with activism.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Black Label Society is accustomed to delivering hard-hitting, riff-heavy anthems, but this week, the band achieves something brand new.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Brown-Cepeda, who is from northern Manhattan and has family in the Dominican Republic, said the plaza is known as a source of joy, where people dance to heart-wrenching ballads of bachata artists and upbeat accordions of regional Dominican music.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
  • But the emotional disconnect is impossible to overcome in a show that's almost entirely sentimental ballads.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Boeing has faced criticism for its safety standards in recent years but claims its turnaround is underway.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Many licensed operators were accepting of higher costs to meet rigorous health, environmental, and business standards.
    John Murn, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Chants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chants. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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