as in pace
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Recent Examples of tempo
Gaga then turned down the tempo and started making jazz and soundtrack fare, with only occasional and fairly minor pop detours.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
The Wizards like to run and shoot but the Mustangs controlled the tempo in the second half.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
Not the most athletic, but understands how to use his body and his tempo, to be effective throughout the game.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Minimizing that risk sometimes allowed U.S. adversaries to predict and even dictate the tempo of these interactions.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
The Wizards like to run and shoot but the Mustangs controlled the tempo in the second half.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
Not the most athletic, but understands how to use his body and his tempo, to be effective throughout the game.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Minimizing that risk sometimes allowed U.S. adversaries to predict and even dictate the tempo of these interactions.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tempo
Noun
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Legal experts said the crush of cases and their urgency resulted from Trump’s record-setting pace of actions that 39 judges in 11 districts ruled unlawful and likely to cause irreparable harm to the people targeted.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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But the pace of hiring has slowed significantly in the past year and Colorado is underperforming the country as a whole.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
3 Apr. 2025
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This includes revenues across television, online video, VOD and theatrical sectors and represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.8% from 2025.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The growth trajectory represents a 2.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2025, with online video claiming the lion’s share at $9.4 billion.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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At low heights, though, the water’s velocity was too slow to effectively move through the coffee bed.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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The quality of the resulting cup of coffee is dependent on such variables as the amount of coffee used, the jet radius, the pour height, and the flow velocity, all of which have an impact on how the water jet interacts with the bed of coffee grounds.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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No two giants share the same building speed (fastest, second fastest, third fastest, slowest) or the same problem.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Moreover, working the long head emphasizes the eccentric portion of a move—the part when the muscle is lengthening under load—which is a more effective way to improve strength, power, and speed performance compared to traditional resistance training, according to research.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
9 Apr. 2025
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Villa carried the gait of a boxer waiting for the final bell; clinging on, but merely surviving.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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People may experience changes in cognition, mood swings, postural instability, gait issues, and bradykinesia.8 Lewy body dementia: People with this type of dementia may have cognitive issues, visual hallucinations, problems sleeping, and movement changes.—
Janelle McSwiggin, MSN,
Health,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Tempo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempo. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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