1
as in striding
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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as in progressing
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 pacing
The stock is pacing for its best day ever.
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Cj Haddad, CNBC, 29 May 2026
His sense of crafting anecdotes into top-tier material and knowing how to use his sweet-molasses pacing to calmly detonate a joke is damn near peerless.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
Protect your peace by pacing every exchange well.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
Head coach Jeff Hafley focused on carefully pacing the team’s installations while interacting with players on the practice field.
—Joe Cavaretta, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2026
Witt is pacing toward a historic, never-seen-it-before season — for all the right individual reasons, but for all the frustrating organizational reasons.
—Sam McDowell May 22, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
Civ 7’s biggest changes were meant to solve old pain points and pacing problems that had existed since the dawn of the series, but solving them meant undermining some of the self-expression and freedom players had in earlier entries.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
Ceili Brown and Julianna Arria remained hot at the plate with four hits and three RBI each, pacing North Andover to its sixth straight win with a 21-8 triumph over Essex Tech.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 19 May 2026
Among those, the latest Real Housewives entry based in Rhode Island will return for a second season; the network also revealed that The Real Housewives of Rhode Island is currently pacing as the network’s second biggest series across platforms, behind only The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
Cj Haddad, CNBC, 29 May 2026
His sense of crafting anecdotes into top-tier material and knowing how to use his sweet-molasses pacing to calmly detonate a joke is damn near peerless.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
Protect your peace by pacing every exchange well.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
Head coach Jeff Hafley focused on carefully pacing the team’s installations while interacting with players on the practice field.
—Joe Cavaretta, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2026
Witt is pacing toward a historic, never-seen-it-before season — for all the right individual reasons, but for all the frustrating organizational reasons.
—Sam McDowell May 22, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
Civ 7’s biggest changes were meant to solve old pain points and pacing problems that had existed since the dawn of the series, but solving them meant undermining some of the self-expression and freedom players had in earlier entries.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
Ceili Brown and Julianna Arria remained hot at the plate with four hits and three RBI each, pacing North Andover to its sixth straight win with a 21-8 triumph over Essex Tech.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 19 May 2026
Among those, the latest Real Housewives entry based in Rhode Island will return for a second season; the network also revealed that The Real Housewives of Rhode Island is currently pacing as the network’s second biggest series across platforms, behind only The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacing
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At the French Open Tuesday, the four-time Grand Slam champion staged an outfit reveal once again, striding out for her first-round match against Germany’s Laura Siegemund wearing a black corset and matching pleated, cascading skirt that skimmed over the clay.—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Powell McCormick, who seems to be one of the busiest women on the planet, is up and striding off to her next appointment.—
Ellie Austin,
Fortune,
27 May 2026
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Early signs such as fever or weakness can resemble other viruses, before progressing to diarrhea and vomiting.—
Jane Weaver,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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The device provides physicians the ability to remotely listen to lung sounds and rapidly assess if a child’s asthma symptoms are progressing, so that escalation in care pathways can be determined.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The 1970 opening ceremony of the games showed the various teams marching into the soccer stadium to the sound of drums.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Everyone attending — whether marching up Fifth Ave.—
Elliot Cosgrove,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2026
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Every generation eventually rewrites George Washington, which tells you less about Washington than about the country doing the rewriting.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
30 May 2026
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Pritzker has proposed a social media tax projected to bring in about $200 million from large tech companies doing business in Illinois.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2026
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Still, the finalization of text between the two nations was a sign that diplomacy was proceeding, despite active hostilities between the US and Iran over the past 48 hours.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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The lawsuit against the school and administrators and the student and his family is proceeding, according to court records.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 May 2026
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Butlers here are called Aris Meehas, a historical Maldivian reference to someone assigned to serve royalty—thankfully, interactions are more easy-going than overly deferential.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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After more than five innings of the Bulldogs trailing Liberty by one, struggling to get anything going, the Georgia third baseman crushed a two-run home run to left field.—
Sarah Spencer,
AJC.com,
1 June 2026
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Now, age verification is coming for your computer, bringing the same privacy concerns with it.—
Alan Henry,
PC Magazine,
29 May 2026
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The conflict and uncertainty surrounding it have continued to ripple through energy markets, with Exxon delivering a warning Thursday that oil inventories are on track to reach dangerously low levels in the coming weeks, forcing prices to spike and curbing demand.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Pacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacing. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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