counterpoint
noun
the art of combining melodies.
counterpoints
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present tense formof counterpoint (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Of course, there are counterpoints to the notion that chips can have lasting value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
In revisiting his cherished alien subgenre for the fourth time with “Disclosure Day,” Spielberg returns to where his career started, scraping away the classic marks of extraterrestrial intrigue and replacing them with human counterpoints.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Strangely, no mention is made of her three younger brothers, who also trained as apprentices to Orazio and who might have served as dramatic counterpoints for the young female artist.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2024
Like the desert to the city, the tags are the comforting counterpoints to his plants, changeless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
Or is there a kind of cosmic fugue, with themes and counterpoints, dissonances and harmonies, a billion different voices playing the life music of the Galaxy?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
