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Use "accompanists" in a sentence
"Call some professional pianists "accompanists," and they may bristle as if you've just asked them to play "Chopsticks.""
"There are only a precious few top-drawer vocal accompanists out there, but what pianist Fred Hersch achieves with singers is even more rarified: He's their perfect partner."
"It's a little misleading, however, to call the drummers "accompanists.""