as in chorus
an organized group of singers joined the choir for next year

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Recent Examples of choir Afterward, Gottfried began attending Sunday services at the Spanish Harlem church where the girl’s mother sang, and eventually joined the choir. Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 In came the school’s choir, which sang the national anthem a cappella, feelingly. Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 Born in Mississippi to sharecropper parents and raised in Chicago, Butler brought his church choir vocals to an early iteration of the Impressions after meeting Curtis Mayfield in the mid-1950s. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Feb. 2025 Shot in quivering close-ups, this coming-of-age film follows a reticent teenager from a religious household, and her all-girl choir’s trip to a convent. Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for choir

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“Choir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choir. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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