variants
or metric
as in rhythmic
marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound
the metrical chugging of the machinery had a hypnotic effect
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Recent Examples of metrical
The company recently changed its audience metric to streaming views (previously reporting total viewers), so there is not available data to compare with most other season debuts in the Sheridan-verse.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
Kapoor, Narayanan, and their co-authors are also sophisticated enough to know that reliability is not one-size-fits all metric.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
Statewide, 49% of Texas students were meeting that metric.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2026
In its first week, Wonder Man racked up 618 million minutes of watch time, according to Nielsen, and landed in the metric tracking service’s top 10 original streaming series.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
In the mid-stage study, 75% of participants injected once every three months with Apogee’s drug, called zumilokibart, maintained at least a 75% improvement in the extent and severity of skin lesions — a metric dubbed EASI-75 — at one year.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 23 Mar. 2026
Depending on the valuation metric one chooses, EV/EBITDA, P/E, P/BV, Delta now enjoys a 17%-26% premium to the group.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
Ranking used to be the success metric.
—Lyssanoel Frater, Ascend Agency, 20 Mar. 2026
But by almost any metric, summers increase with climate change, both dangerous to our ecosystems and livelihoods.
—Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
Kapoor, Narayanan, and their co-authors are also sophisticated enough to know that reliability is not one-size-fits all metric.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
Statewide, 49% of Texas students were meeting that metric.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2026
In its first week, Wonder Man racked up 618 million minutes of watch time, according to Nielsen, and landed in the metric tracking service’s top 10 original streaming series.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
In the mid-stage study, 75% of participants injected once every three months with Apogee’s drug, called zumilokibart, maintained at least a 75% improvement in the extent and severity of skin lesions — a metric dubbed EASI-75 — at one year.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 23 Mar. 2026
Depending on the valuation metric one chooses, EV/EBITDA, P/E, P/BV, Delta now enjoys a 17%-26% premium to the group.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
Ranking used to be the success metric.
—Lyssanoel Frater, Ascend Agency, 20 Mar. 2026
But by almost any metric, summers increase with climate change, both dangerous to our ecosystems and livelihoods.
—Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metrical
rhythmic
Adjective
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Her grinding against the moss is as rhythmic as the beat of a metronome.—
Agnieszka Szpila,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Each rhythmic stop-and-start, each peel of feedback is imbued with the sense that the band might fully crumble into noise and dissonance.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Metrical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metrical. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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