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also metronomical
as in uniform
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Recent Examples of metronomic
Troy Calhoun’s Falcons are too metronomic to bet against.
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Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2025
Then the world’s supreme golfer dusted himself down, birdied the next hole, and resumed his metronomic march towards The Open Championship.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 20 July 2025
The hours and days that had dilated so spectacularly on the ground snapped into metronomic order—too fast, too rushed, each second a lost opportunity to look more closely.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
In short, Emery needs his deep-lying midfielders to have the capacity to be both a water carrier and a fine diner, able to perform the ugly aspects of the game while offering metronomic qualities with the ball.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 13 July 2024
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Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2025
Then the world’s supreme golfer dusted himself down, birdied the next hole, and resumed his metronomic march towards The Open Championship.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 20 July 2025
The hours and days that had dilated so spectacularly on the ground snapped into metronomic order—too fast, too rushed, each second a lost opportunity to look more closely.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
In short, Emery needs his deep-lying midfielders to have the capacity to be both a water carrier and a fine diner, able to perform the ugly aspects of the game while offering metronomic qualities with the ball.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 13 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metronomic
Adjective
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Unlike many royal tiaras which feature sharp geometric spikes of diamonds or uniform loops, the Spencer Tiara has a more natural design known as the garland style.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
8 Jan. 2026
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Navigation is tuned for pools that are not uniform basins.—
IE Creative Studio,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Developing his style alongside Garcia’s flocking melodicism and Lesh’s never-the-same-way-once bass counterpoints, Weir soon had to also contend for rhythmic space between the band’s two drummers, as well.—
Jesse Jarnow,
Pitchfork,
12 Jan. 2026
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Though Robby Hoddinott was responsible for the track’s prickly guitar lead, the backing of bassist-pal Dave Torbert from New Riders of the Purple Sage elevates Weir and the song’s rhythmic bottom to something uplifting and downright prancy.—
A.D. Amorosi,
Variety,
11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Enrollment is a better funding metric because schools have to plan for the number of students who sign up, not the number who show up, said Troy Flint, spokesman for the California School Boards Association.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Roku will be the first major streamer to use measurement firm iSpot‘s Outcomes at Scale metric as the companies look to improve targeting for advertisers.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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He was eventually promoted to the 53-man roster and played in the final five games of the regular season.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026
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Love threw for 323 and four touchdowns after missing the final two regular-season games.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Metronomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metronomic. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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