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Riffs

  • plural
    of Riff.
    riff
    noun
    a melodic phrase, often constantly repeated, forming an accompaniment or part of an accompaniment for a soloist.
riffs
  • plural
    of riff.
    riff
    noun
    a melodic phrase, often constantly repeated, forming an accompaniment or part of an accompaniment for a soloist.
  • present tense form
    of riff (3rd person singular).
    riff
    noun
    a melodic phrase, often constantly repeated, forming an accompaniment or part of an accompaniment for a soloist.

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And while some might call it cheap clickbait, we have a vision for what’s next: a Second 100 Days of Riffs on the Second-Degree Amendment Process in the Senate.

From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2021

Riffs on identity and 100 years of the Huntington Library.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2019

“This exhibition should have never happened,” Sethi told The Washington Post’s Comic Riffs shortly before the opening.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2018

Just how many original riffs using E Pentatonic Power chords & Riffs can there possibly be to slam?

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2018

I saw the Riffs who were in the Soko pass by.

From Bye-Ways by Robert Smythe Hichens

After treks to downtown L.A.’s Fashion District to find just the right materials, she’ll mock up clever riffs on julienned ginger and cilantro leaves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

“An Unexpected Life” consists of short essays in which Steinem riffs on ideas and associations from her earlier years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

It’s not necessarily a perspective one expects to be accompanied by the kind of scorching guitar riffs adorning “Date Night.”

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

Instead, consider Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, which riffs on slasher films like Sleepaway Camp and Friday the 13th.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

I recognized the opening riffs of “Change,” by John Waite.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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