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the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity
the soothing cadence of the lecturer's voice nearly put me to sleep
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Recent Examples of cadences
Companies such as OpenAI, ElevenLabs, and Hume AI, for example, are building text-to-voice models that can whisper, laugh, and affect a broad range of emotional cadences.
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Webb Wright, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
Bonitto said he’s made a habit of dissecting the cadences of opposing quarterbacks on film and studying them throughout the week.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
With lilting cadences, the king shares the origin myth of his Nkangala people, that a small elephant shed its skin while bathing in the river and a woman emerged, who married and procreated with his ancestors.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Ritual, cyclical movement hums in the cadences of McCraney’s at once rich and spare text.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Quarterbacks, especially, have to add layers of unique details to their notes, such as tags for different types of motion, cadences and more.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Traditional marketing mix modeling has typically been slow to field and refresh—often taking weeks to months to build and then updating on quarterly or biannual cadences, which means insights can arrive long after campaigns have ended.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
De Niro delineates the two characters, who appear in several scenes together like the twins in The Parent Trap, with different vocal cadences (Genovese’s voice is much higher), hairlines, and considerable make-up and prosthetics.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
Voiced in concise, elegant cadences a literary half-step above daily discourse, the work unfolds in sequences of still images—the two main characters alone and together, punctuated by shots of Changchung’s gelid urban landscape—set to precisely syncopated music.
—Philip Tinari, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Webb Wright, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
Bonitto said he’s made a habit of dissecting the cadences of opposing quarterbacks on film and studying them throughout the week.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
With lilting cadences, the king shares the origin myth of his Nkangala people, that a small elephant shed its skin while bathing in the river and a woman emerged, who married and procreated with his ancestors.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Ritual, cyclical movement hums in the cadences of McCraney’s at once rich and spare text.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Quarterbacks, especially, have to add layers of unique details to their notes, such as tags for different types of motion, cadences and more.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Traditional marketing mix modeling has typically been slow to field and refresh—often taking weeks to months to build and then updating on quarterly or biannual cadences, which means insights can arrive long after campaigns have ended.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
De Niro delineates the two characters, who appear in several scenes together like the twins in The Parent Trap, with different vocal cadences (Genovese’s voice is much higher), hairlines, and considerable make-up and prosthetics.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
Voiced in concise, elegant cadences a literary half-step above daily discourse, the work unfolds in sequences of still images—the two main characters alone and together, punctuated by shots of Changchung’s gelid urban landscape—set to precisely syncopated music.
—Philip Tinari, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cadences
rhythms
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Possible explanations include changes in blood pressure, heart rate and even circadian rhythms (the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle).—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Just like the island itself, their stories are separated by time but strangely intertwined – echoes of the past resurfacing in the rhythms of the present.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Cadences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadences. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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