variants
also rime
as in to coincide
to be in agreement on every point
the new results don't rhyme with what we found out before
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variants
also rime
as in poetry
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Recent Examples of rhyme
Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The rhyming couplet wasn’t going to win any poetry awards.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
That tariff rates set by the US (and China) are at levels only last seen in the 1920’s completes the shock, and rhymes with history.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Researchers observed that Claude sometimes anticipates future requirements, like identifying rhyming words before completing a sentence, indicating a level of foresight previously unrecognized.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The rhyming couplet wasn’t going to win any poetry awards.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
See how the rapper translates his rhymes into a distinct visual language.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
That tariff rates set by the US (and China) are at levels only last seen in the 1920’s completes the shock, and rhymes with history.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhyme
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The timing coincided with the e-commerce boom, and Chinese companies like Temu and Shein were able to flood the United States with inexpensive goods.—
Agnes Chang,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Before last year, its most recent popularity uptick coincided with the Great Recession, when crisis-level milk surpluses made the nutrition-dense beverage extra cheap at the same time that American consumers were especially short on cash.—
HubSpot,
HubSpot,
2 May 2025
Noun
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In the poetry of Donne and his contemporaries, the speaker of the poem is almost always a man, with women as implicit audience and explicit objects of desire.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Unique voices, unique perspectives Of course, there are countless autistic people who write poetry who aren’t famous and haven’t published books.—
Bradley J. Irish,
The Conversation,
29 Apr. 2025
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Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
8 May 2025
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And consider this: From 1969 to the present, 15 of the 20 Supreme Court appointments have been by Republican presidents, even though the Democratic nominees had won the national popular vote in a majority of the corresponding elections.—
Joel Thayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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The speaker summons bits and pieces of a memorable night, organizing them into verses that bring those hours back to life, even though they’re gone forever.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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For National Poetry Month, five contributing poets share a gift of spring verse for readers.—
contributing Monitor poets,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 Apr. 2025
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What makes the collection particularly unique is Kosann’s approach to reinventing classics—like the lockets, charms, and poesy rings that she’s reinterpreted in the past—but also Evert’s unique experience of being so connected to the tennis bracelet.—
Kristen Bateman,
Vogue,
17 Aug. 2022
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Kosann and Mirojnick designed three core styles for the collection: a poesy ring, a charm and a locket.—
EJ Panaligan,
Variety,
15 Nov. 2022
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Their roster features major players from both genres scenes, including Knocked Loose, State Champs, Less Than Jake, Senses Fail, and The Story So Far, who are named after a classic New Found Glory song.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2025
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The song incorporates music, spoken word, clips of a Vietnamese woman crying out for her son, and the sound of air raid sirens.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
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And those fans, like him, dismissed the notion that the team’s on-court antics crossed the line from comedy to minstrelsy, as many critics had opined over the years.—
David Aldridge,
The Athletic,
11 Feb. 2025
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Advertisement Blackface minstrelsy took hold in New York City in the 1830s and became popular among post-Civil War whites, though it was regarded as offensive to Black people from the beginning of its use.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Oct. 2024
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“Rhyme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhyme. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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