paces

present tense third-person singular of pace

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of paces The older woman paces from one wall of the sauna to the other, with a hand on her waist and the other straight out, like a cleaver. Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paces
Verb
  • The director thrives on these kinds of connections, planting her themes like a tree whose roots spread deeper and wider as the movie progresses.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The org chart becomes clearer as the season progresses, but that also involves both Ken and Esmeralda’s subplots drifting away from the main action.
    Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mahmoud Khalil marches toward Columbia University after a press conference in New York City on June 22, 2025.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The front door is ajar, and a cat marches in, pausing for a moment in surprise, her front right paw held in mid-air.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The business must keep performing while the deal proceeds.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • While Israel proceeds with its war against Hamas in Gaza, Israeli and Palestinian documentary filmmakers are engaging in a cultural competition on the silver screen as both sides vie for global attention to share their points of view.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The Egyptian government considers the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, but the United States does not.
    Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As for Cracker Barrel, where the company goes from here is anyone’s guess.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Money raised from Arizona lottery games goes toward funding higher education, health and human services, environmental conservation and economic and business development in the state.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, with a luxury experience also comes a luxurious price tag and the cost of tickets won’t be the kind of budget fares people most associate with bus travel.
    Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The singer’s recent hometown show comes weeks after her now ex-boyfriend, The Kid LAROI, seemingly confirmed their split.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Fiddelke can do the same, if willing, to address glaring value chain pain points, demonstrate how AI forges strategic edge rather than curing operating metrics, protect digital strategists from noisy, operational IT concerns, and insist upon meaningful results accountability.
    Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Paces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paces. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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