regularity

noun

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reg·u·lar·i·ty | \ ˌre-gyə-ˈler-ə-tē

also ˌrā-, ˌre-gyə-ˈla-rə-tē also ˌrā- \

plural regularities

Definition of regularity

1 : the quality or state of being regular

2 : something that is regular

Examples of regularity in a Sentence

the regularity of his features

Recent Examples on the Web The crime would have been shocking anywhere else, but in Hwaseong, then a rural area near South Korea's capital Seoul, murders like this were happening with disturbing regularity. — Julia Hollingsworth, Yoonjung Seo And Jake Kwon, CNN, "He spent 20 years in prison for murder. Then someone else confessed to the same crime," 23 May 2020 This was a society with centuries of experience in responding to epidemics that had recurred with deadly regularity since the Black Death of 1348. — 1843, "Eyam revisited: lessons from a plague village," 16 Apr. 2020 And for those who use it with that regularity — and who have the cash to spend — the cost of sim-racing setups can easily reach or surpass $10,000-$15,000. — Nathan Brown, Indianapolis Star, "IndyCar iRacing: A look at the drivers' different competition setups for Saturday's race," 27 Mar. 2020 Another possible contributing factor to the phenomenon is that people are heading outside less, and taking out the trash with less regularity. — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, "Can’t Find Toilet Paper? Don’t Flush Anything Else," 22 Mar. 2020 Watching the game takes one’s mind off the glitches, irritations and setbacks that life supplies, even among the most fortunate of us, with relentless regularity. — Joseph Epstein, WSJ, "Coronavirus Has Me Sweating Out My Sports Addiction," 19 Mar. 2020 There was the house fire they had accidentally measured while trying to sample biomass burns in Kansas, a case study that may end up being particularly useful considering the increasing regularity with which wildfires burn human infrastructure. — Kyle Dickman, Scientific American, "The Hidden Toll of Wildfires," 1 Mar. 2020 As newer threats surface, such as Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2012, older scourges like cholera, plague, and yellow fever flare up with disturbing regularity. — Brian Bremner, Bloomberg.com, "Man vs. Microbe: We’re Not Ready for the Next Global Virus Outbreak," 10 Feb. 2020 After years of scrutiny from multiple teams, astronomers noticed that the star wasn’t flickering with perfect regularity. — Charlie Wood, Popular Science, "This pitch-black exoplanet is spiraling toward its doom," 2 Jan. 2020

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