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Recent Examples of metronomic
Through it all, there’s the metronomic wash of the tides onto the sand, waves lapping the beach, the undulation of the ocean, and the cityscape of Rockaway, with its large apartment buildings and detached houses, in the background.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
Kamara and Tielemans usually symbolise Villa’s metronomic possession, but one conceded a penalty and the other was directly at fault for a goal.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
All that effort coalesced into an assault that runs with metronomic smoothness and offers up the propulsive destruction that defines this franchise.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
But the metronomic rhythm Oroz possessed was prescient.
—Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
Kamara and Tielemans usually symbolise Villa’s metronomic possession, but one conceded a penalty and the other was directly at fault for a goal.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
All that effort coalesced into an assault that runs with metronomic smoothness and offers up the propulsive destruction that defines this franchise.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
But the metronomic rhythm Oroz possessed was prescient.
—Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metronomic
Adjective
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Immigration law needs to be uniform and applied consistently across the country.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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As suspected, the Afar mantle plume isn’t uniform or static.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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This involves swirling an oil cleanser over my face in smooth, rhythmic waves.—
Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
15 June 2025
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The novel’s ending is the sort of style-melding genre-bending writing Oates is known for, where the plot is wrapped up in a burst of emotive, rhythmic, fantastical, almost abstract yet deeply human prose.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
15 June 2025
Adjective
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Baseball Reference has a metric similar to WAR (wins above replacement) called Wins Above Average (WAA) and sorts it by position.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
11 June 2025
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Next Gen Stats developed a metric using player-tracking data to assess the degree to which running backs generate more yards than expected.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Store openings have always been a growth metric and indicator of success, helping grow brand awareness and customer acquisition.—
Clara Ludmir,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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The Quinnipiac University poll’s finding marks the lowest approval rating a New York City mayor has received in a Quinnipiac survey since the university started quizzing local voters on that metric nearly 30 years ago.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Events like these will attract an affluent international audience seeking more than just the two hours of entertainment that a regular day out at the soccer provides.—
David Ferrini,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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If regular Jenga is like performing delicate surgery, this extra large version from a different company is like performing a dangerous game of minesweeper.—
Parker Hall,
Wired News,
21 June 2025
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“Metronomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metronomic. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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