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gait

noun

Definition of gait

as in pace

the rate at which activities are pursued the slow gait of summer days

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Recent Examples of gait Biden’s halting gait, frail appearance and frequent verbal stumbles eventually doomed his 2024 reelection campaign. — Jill Colvin, Fortune, 14 July 2026 During the second visit, the suspect is shown walking with a distinctive, limp-like gait, as he is alleged to be walking with a rifle concealed down his pant leg. — Michael Ruiz , Tessa Hoyos, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 Sport scientist Clemens Brunner employs high-tech gait and movement analysis to produce insoles to fix my gait, and PT Thomas Glinka in the Technogym addresses tight hamstrings, calf tension, and right-foot pronation with take-home exercises. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026 In laboratory testing, the aDBS system improved gait symmetry and reduced variability in walking patterns, and participants reported fewer falls while maintaining overall control of Parkinson’s symptoms when using the system in their daily lives. — New Atlas, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for gait

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Noun

The song’s pace changed from a blitz into a groove, not so much a mosh part, but definitely more danceable.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Visitors wander at their own pace in search of enormous trolls hidden among the trees, along the riverbank, and across gentle hills.

— Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of pace

Noun

Chips that adapt to time The ability to change response speed is central to the technology.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
The team deployed two high-altitude balloons with light sensors and 31 weather balloons to measure temperature, pressure, wind speed and humidity.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of speed

Noun

Niewiadoma-Phinney then attacked and, although Vollering stood up in her saddle to chase her the new race leader was riding a brilliant tempo and proved too strong.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Pentagon leaders have been trying to increase the tempo of production by incentivizing smaller companies to enter the market to build cheap and effective weapons.

— Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

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