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
Denver Film is hosting its Silent Film Festival beginning Friday, including eight feature films and 11 shorts with live musical accompaniment.
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Karen Leigh, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
On that track and others on the album, Scott-Heron’s only musical accompaniment was a conga and bongo drums.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Mar. 2026
Around the world, church organizations play important accompaniment roles.
—John Shattuck, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Singers may perform with live piano accompaniment or a cappella.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
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Karen Leigh, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
On that track and others on the album, Scott-Heron’s only musical accompaniment was a conga and bongo drums.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Mar. 2026
Around the world, church organizations play important accompaniment roles.
—John Shattuck, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Singers may perform with live piano accompaniment or a cappella.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompaniment
Noun
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Brazzell, in theory, would be quite the complement to Tetairoa McMillan and Jalen Coker in three-receiver sets.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
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While some of Parloir’s participating galleries, like the three-year-old KIN, have participated in Art Brussels in the past, the new fair amounted to more of an energizing complement than a competitive threat.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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At first glance, AI companions for lonely seniors can seem dystopian, looking less like innovation than a bleak sign of social failure.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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But motormen had no such companion on the suburban routes, which could be lonely, and even dangerous, at night.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2026
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The attendant and one of the passengers worked together at prying open the baggage compartment door while the other passenger crawled around the floor, searching in the thick smoke for a cellphone to try to use as a flashlight, according to the statement transcripts.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Cabin attendant Sydney Ann Bosmans, the two passengers and one person on the ground had minor injuries.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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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
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The hope, for many in Vietnam, is that the war and all its concomitant struggles will fade into the oblivion of prosperity.—
Damien Cave,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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An irrelevant incident in isolation.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Saturday’s shooting was akin to another deadly incident involving CPD in November 2018 at a hospital in Bronzeville.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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An important corollary to this is that the cognitive processes that became dysfunctional in these individuals are normally crucial to maintaining our social identity — our relationships to other people — as well as our personal identity.—
Masud Husain,
Big Think,
14 Apr. 2026
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As a corollary to this, programs produced by a platform’s documentary department are not eligible for a Daytime Emmy (submit them at News & Doc Emmys or Primetime Emmys instead).—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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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
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As an obbligato of protest continued behind Wilson, Dylan, accepting Wilson’s advice, sang the insert.—
Mick Stevens,
The New Yorker,
12 Aug. 2021
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There were other consequences for the city too – like the hefty settlement payments Detroit doled out to the exonerated men in Simon’s cases.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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There is another consequence, less visible but just as important.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Accompaniment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompaniment. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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