as in pace
the rate at which activities are pursued
the slow gait of summer days
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Recent Examples of gait
Smith was dealing in his last run of seven-on-seven drills, completing a deep pass to wide receiver Adonai Mitchell who, impressively, saw where the ball was going in the air, adjusted his gait and ran back for it.
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Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 29 May 2026
One way to get a baseline for Landeskog’s gait and biomechanics was through walking.
—ABC News, 26 May 2026
Before the treatment, many participants struggled with a slow, mechanical gait, and 12 used assistive devices such as walkers and canes.
—Amber Dance, ArsTechnica, 17 May 2026
Butterss’ double-bass throbs ground the music in chamber-jazz austerity; later, Bellerose shifts into slack, funky drummer mode, as Parker’s guitar takes on a muted highlife gait, then morphs into concentric ripples of distortion that psychedelicize your mind.
—Dave Segal, SPIN, 15 May 2026
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Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 29 May 2026
One way to get a baseline for Landeskog’s gait and biomechanics was through walking.
—ABC News, 26 May 2026
Before the treatment, many participants struggled with a slow, mechanical gait, and 12 used assistive devices such as walkers and canes.
—Amber Dance, ArsTechnica, 17 May 2026
Butterss’ double-bass throbs ground the music in chamber-jazz austerity; later, Bellerose shifts into slack, funky drummer mode, as Parker’s guitar takes on a muted highlife gait, then morphs into concentric ripples of distortion that psychedelicize your mind.
—Dave Segal, SPIN, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gait
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This change has fundamentally revolutionized the pace of innovation—shifting us away from incremental advances and toward more rapid, system-level transformations across science and engineering.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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Even Tesla, the only major Western carmaker competing in China, has struggled to keep pace in the country as local automakers slash car prices.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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This time, the study included a vocabulary of over 1,000 words and achieved a median speed of 78 words per minute.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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Weah acknowledged Mbappe’s speed and performance after his brace helped France to a 2-1 win.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
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But no winner could be found on this day, although Brazil began to control the tempo more in the second half.—
Andy Clayton,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
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That is why high performers should ignore productivity advice that trains them to chase visible tempo while losing sustainable rhythm.—
Gerald J. Leonard,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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“Gait.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gait. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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