noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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instrumental
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An on-stage instrumental ensemble is conducted by Westminster Abbey's Harry Bicket.
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A delightful touch is that in the opening movements the instrumental ensemble is cast as an independent personality.
■ NOUN
cast
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Despite some good acting from the ensemble cast , the characters slip into the stereotypes needed to establish the political debate.
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Big Apple is a classic crime drama with an ensemble cast .
string
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The series also features a performance by an expanded string ensemble of Brahms' Sextet in B flat.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Directed by Robert Egan, the players are virtually doing solo work as opposed to creating a fluid ensemble .
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In 1999 he took the key role of the bedridden father in the ensemble piece Magnolia.
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It should always be used with definite intention - never mechanically added to the ensemble without consciously imagining its effect.
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The whole ensemble adds about two pounds to the weight of the patient.
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Timothy Hutton heads a strong ensemble cast as a Manhattan pianist who returns home for his high school reunion.
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Today the ensemble are well established and perform a wide and varied repertoire ranging from renaissance to contemporary music.