Definition of resonatenext
as in to echo
to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves the deep sounds of the bassoon resonated through the concert hall

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Recent Examples of resonate While the novel’s narrative is very much a product of its time, its themes of race, class, and gender in America continue to resonate today. Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026 The spins of unpaired electrons will resonate with some of these frequencies. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026 Candidates fielded questions from new CBS News polling on issues that resonate with California voters — healthcare, insurance, education, homelessness and immigration. Anne Bryson, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 What Justice Elena Kagan wrote of so despairingly in those cases resonates anew in Florida. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for resonate
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  • Those attacks echoed ones from Steyer, who has launched ads focused on a New York Times investigation that found thousands of children had been trafficked into child labor under Becerra’s watch.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The urgency is echoed by Manny Pacquiao Promotions CEO Jas Mathur, a producer of the event and a former member of Mayweather’s camp, who frames the bout as inevitable.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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  • The damage is reverberating across Iran’s economy, threatening increasing waves of layoffs, even as Iranians face skyrocketing prices.
    Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Esposito was part of the 1991 invasion of Iraq, an experience that still reverberates thirty-five years later.
    William Jones, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Resonate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resonate. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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