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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

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

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2018

Riffs on life and love in prose and comic strip form, from the author of The Time Traveler’s Wife and her graphic artist husband.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2018

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

From Bye-Ways by Robert Smythe Hichens

A powerhouse version of Dangerous Woman claps like thunder; and Grande's vocal riffs on Safety Net are so tremendously colossal they should be registered as the eighth wonder of the world.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 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

Those riffs will be on display at the Wacken Open Air festival on Friday and during McCreary’s eight-date September “Singularity” tour of the West Coast that hits L.A. on Sept. 17.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

There just aren’t that many memorable riffs, and the ones that are here don’t hit as hard as they could thanks to the overstuffed production.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

He’d play off of their riffs and not on top of them, unless they played a tidal wave of chords where everyone jammed together.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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