Thesaurus results for ACCOMPANIMENT

accompaniment

noun

ə-ˈkəm-pə-nē-mənt

Definition of accompaniment

as in complement

something that is found along with something else the sound of crickets was the perfect accompaniment to our summer evenings on the porch

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Recent Examples of accompaniment Both Richards and Ronnie Wood are locked in and the A-list guest stars from Paul McCartney to Robert Smith add tasteful accompaniment without overshadowing the band. — David Harris, SPIN, 6 July 2026 And asked ourselves what are other things that feel like good accompaniments to a horror game? — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 30 June 2026 Then the other part of it was really kind of finished with Niwel’s beautiful harmonic accompaniment. — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 June 2026 The visual accompaniment to the president’s promise of national enjoyment showed two multistory stone arcades running down the length of the Mall—very classical, very retvrn—thronged with crowds. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for accompaniment

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Noun

Hathaway’s footwear served as a colorful complement to a light blue Prabal Gurung top with a dramatic high-low cut and a train, worn with baggy low-rise blue jeans that showed off her baby bump.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
Little flecks of roasted sweet potato pepper the cake, and a tangy cream cheese glaze is a perfect complement to the warm spices and crunchy topping.

— Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of complement

Noun

The ByteDance app, for example, is directing users of its former AI companion service to another of its apps which solely focuses on building personalized AI characters and stories.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Li, 24, wasn’t the only left mourning the loss of a virtual companion when major Chinese tech companies recently pulled the plug on their popular AI companion services to comply with new government restrictions.

— Fu Ting, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of companion

Noun

But the attorneys said there were no infractions for the attendants to act on.

— Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Brian Thure fraudulently hired personal service workers through Taylor Farms, including a personal chef, personal driver, handyman, personal trainer, aquarium and maintenance attendant, the lawsuit alleges.

— James Powel, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of attendant

Noun

The question users need to ask is whether the convenience concomitant with AI’s intelligence is worth the exchange of their intimate data.

— Harsh Verma, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
But concomitant with this were tensions around the concept of localism, an ethos with its roots in the conditions and convictions of the earliest settlers.

— JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025

Definition of concomitant

Noun

The incident prompted authorities to temporarily close hiking trails to Mount Gede and Mount Pangrango.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Photos obtained by the New York Post show some injured people being carried away on stretchers and several others returning to the dock after the incident.

— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of incident

Noun

Princeton University professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor offered another corollary to the reparations debate, arguing in her book From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation that reparations cannot be reduced to mere policy prescriptions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
For national tournaments, the corollary is how poorer countries always have to match up against richer ones for regional face-offs and qualifiers that culminate in the quadrennial dream that is the World Cup.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of corollary

Noun

There is a lovely horn obbligato to Sifare’s Act 3 aria which would be challenging to play on a modern instrument.

— Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2023
As an obbligato of protest continued behind Wilson, Dylan, accepting Wilson’s advice, sang the insert.

— Mick Stevens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021

Definition of obbligato

Noun

This frantic race risks sacrificing AI safety, cutting corners, and increasing risk tolerance, potentially leading to more severe consequences than intended.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
The influencer had amassed 50,000 followers, but not by respecting the boundaries of personal space — let alone the legal consequences of non-consensual filming inside a changing room.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026

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