as in rhythms
the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity
the poem's heavy meter is meant to reinforce the atmosphere of gloom
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Recent Examples of meters
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
The global flight tracking service provider Flightradar24 on Friday said the plane crashed into the CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun, which rises more than 1,700 feet (528 meters), just east of a major ring road in a cluster of skyscrapers.
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ABC News,
27 June 2026
Melanie Doggett, the Landmark Christian freshman who set a 14-and-under world record in the 200 meters at the GHSA meet in June, is the Gatorade National Girls Track and Field Player of the Year.
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Todd Holcomb,
AJC.com,
26 June 2026
The Legislature’s attempts to require meters on all individual farms and wells have faced fierce public backlash.
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Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
The submarine measures approximately 265 feet (81 meters) in length, displaces around 3,000 tons when submerged, and can accommodate a crew of about 32 personnel, with additional capacity for special operations teams.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
The City Council has until July 24 to decide whether to approve or reject CPM’s deal with Stonepeak; council approval is needed for any sale of the meters under the original transaction.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
In 2019, as Scientific American reported at the time, researchers discovered that some poison frog dads may travel as far as 400 meters (or about a quarter of a mile) in an apparent search for ideal nursery grounds.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
21 June 2026
The changes don’t affect meters on East Santa Clara Street east of Fourth Street, those in Japantown or other parts of the city.
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Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
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Brigitte Chevalier built Domaine de Cébène around that principle, choosing north-facing parcels beneath mountains rising to 1,100 meters, where descending cool air pushes her harvest as much as two weeks later than vineyards on the coast 40 kilometers away.
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Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
The global flight tracking service provider Flightradar24 on Friday said the plane crashed into the CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun, which rises more than 1,700 feet (528 meters), just east of a major ring road in a cluster of skyscrapers.
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ABC News,
27 June 2026
Melanie Doggett, the Landmark Christian freshman who set a 14-and-under world record in the 200 meters at the GHSA meet in June, is the Gatorade National Girls Track and Field Player of the Year.
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Todd Holcomb,
AJC.com,
26 June 2026
The Legislature’s attempts to require meters on all individual farms and wells have faced fierce public backlash.
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Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
The submarine measures approximately 265 feet (81 meters) in length, displaces around 3,000 tons when submerged, and can accommodate a crew of about 32 personnel, with additional capacity for special operations teams.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
The City Council has until July 24 to decide whether to approve or reject CPM’s deal with Stonepeak; council approval is needed for any sale of the meters under the original transaction.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
In 2019, as Scientific American reported at the time, researchers discovered that some poison frog dads may travel as far as 400 meters (or about a quarter of a mile) in an apparent search for ideal nursery grounds.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
21 June 2026
The changes don’t affect meters on East Santa Clara Street east of Fourth Street, those in Japantown or other parts of the city.
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Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meters
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Seek Quality Sleep Evidence suggests that a consistent sleep-wake cycle promotes your body's rhythms, including gut motility.
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The result is 260 pages of richly-detailed, expressive drawings, mostly in regimented 12-panel grids that mirror the grinding rhythms of daily life in rural, 19th century America.
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The submarine measures approximately 265 feet (81 meters) in length, displaces around 3,000 tons when submerged, and can accommodate a crew of about 32 personnel, with additional capacity for special operations teams.
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Batcho has spent the past three decades researching the emotion and even developed a Nostalgia Inventory, which measures individuals’ propensity toward it.
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Between 1200Boom’s patient lurch and slaq’s feverish run-on, both rappers’ cadences unfurl like rugs.
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The model version, the data, the tool configuration, the agent memory, the identity context – all of it lives in different places, captured at different cadences, often owned by different teams.
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Trever parts his hair to the right while his brother styles his combover to the left.
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Later, Hamilton parts the sea on his kick scooter, speedily escaping from the hectic press area.
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Every one of Kenny’s beats is a chunk of ore from a different comet.
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Our speakers bureau functions much like editorial beats in a newsroom.
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Bonda also volunteered at a mobile library project started by expat Debra Blake and Carol Woodruff, who splits time between Southern California and Baja.
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The rest of the album splits the difference between this newfound scrappiness and the skyscraping edifices Madeon built his name on.
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The foundation dispenses $350,000 to $500,000 a year, according to the family's attorney, Stephanie Johnson O’Day.
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According to a news release, Sibley entered into a collaborative agreement with pharmacist Josh Harrison at The Compounding Lab, which dispenses drugs for people and animals.
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The Supreme Court’s decision deals a devastating blow to beneficiaries of TPS holders in South Florida, the heart of the Haitian community in the United States.
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Amazon Prime Day is here (and running through June 26), meaning a boatload of Prime Day furniture deals on just about every type of seating and storage under the sun just dropped.
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“Meters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meters. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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