pace 1 of 2

noun

Definition of pacenext
as in tempo

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pace

2 of 2

verb

1
as in to stride
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group six jugglers paced neatly alongside one another in the parade

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2
as in to progress
to move forward along a course the couple paced through the motions of a marriage, but it was never more than a financial and social arrangement

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Recent Examples of pace
Noun
Antonelli doesn't seem to have lost any of his race-winning pace, unlike last year, when his confidence hit rock-bottom after errors on the European tracks he was meant to know best. — ABC News, 17 July 2026 Moore Threads said demand for its full-function GPUs helped drive the revenue increase, while commercial deployment of its Kua’e computing clusters also gathered pace. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
Verb
Creativity, innovation, interdisciplinary learning, problem-solving, and authentic experiences were often secondary to pacing guides and test performance metrics. — Tiffany Thenor, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Lance Twiggs, who was also Robinson’s romantic partner, said the suspect nervously paced around their apartment after Kirk’s killing. — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for pace
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pace
  1. tempo
  2. stride
  3. progress
  4. rate
  5. march
  6. do
  7. speed
  8. proceed
Noun
  • Lucu recovered the lead with his second penalty but New Zealand's high tempo style, hard-running and quick ruck ball began to open opportunities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • In their debut cypher, dropped on the first day of 2026, his mid-tempo slur and curt verses immediately mark him as a descendant of Carti and SahBabii.
    — Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 3 July 2026
Definition of tempo
Verb
  • Ed Sheeran strides to Taylor Swift wedding Ed Sheeran, clad in a bright aqua blue suit, arrived holding hands with wife Cherry Seaborn.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Late in the trial, a surprise witness came striding into the courtroom.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of stride
Verb
  • The threat is expected to shift west out of the area as the day progresses.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • As the 1990s progressed, the Boston blossomed into a fashion statement for a wider audience.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
Definition of progress
Noun
  • As mayor of Greater Manchester for nine years, Burnham oversaw a city region whose economy has grown at roughly twice the rate of the country as a whole.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Growing need, few resources Women’s incarceration rates have grown at twice the pace of men’s in recent decades.
    — Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Definition of rate
Verb
  • People in costumes marched alongside floats with advertisements and extravagantly patriotic decorations.
    — Nolan Rogalski, The Providence Journal, 5 July 2026
  • Ben felt that his biggest contribution to Civil Rights would not be marching in the streets, but instead demonstrating his capabilities to others in influential positions through performance, negotiation, and results.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of march
Verb
  • The divergence is over whether the worker shortage is improving slowly or still getting worse, and what the Supreme Court should do about it.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The band is forced into doing take after take in his quest to fully convey his own emotions.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of do
Noun
  • One of the best players in California and the nation, Cathedral Catholic’s Honor Fa’alave-Johnson, a USC commit, got to show off his speed.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • It’s made with special cushioning that adapts to your stride, weight, and speed, absorbing impact to allow your feet to go longer before they get fatigued.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2026
Definition of speed
Verb
  • Siri said recently that removing routine recommendations for shots on the CDC schedule, as Kennedy has tried to do, would allow such lawsuits to proceed.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • Training typically proceeds step by step, beginning with living ethically, then learning to focus the mind and finally gaining deeper understanding.
    — Ronald S. Green, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
Definition of proceed

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