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also rime
as in to coincide
to be in agreement on every point
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also rime
as in poetry
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Recent Examples of rhyme
Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 29 May 2025
His real gift was language: puns, rhymes, clever wordplay, and memorable turns of phrase.
—Sam Kelly
july 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
S.t. Barnes, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2025
While not replicating lyrics verbatim, the outputs often share thematic content, rhyming patterns, and arrangements, effectively creating derivative works.
—Virginie Berger, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Verb
These audios are also typically packed with tongue twisters and rhymes.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 29 May 2025
His real gift was language: puns, rhymes, clever wordplay, and memorable turns of phrase.
—Sam Kelly
july 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
Noun
To understand that not everything that rhymes is truth.
—S.t. Barnes, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2025
While not replicating lyrics verbatim, the outputs often share thematic content, rhyming patterns, and arrangements, effectively creating derivative works.
—Virginie Berger, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhyme
Verb
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The rating was Trump’s best since May and coincides with an uptick in respondents’ approval of his handling of national security issues since last week, following a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Iran.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps your dreams and reality don’t seem to coincide?—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The bulk of the day would be musical, but the recognition of the Haight’s roots in Beat poetry was essential.—
Dennis McNally,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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In the kitchens of Palestine there is a kind of quiet poetry.—
Sami Tamimi
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Under their de-escalation, Beijing’s corresponding levy on US products stood at 10 percent.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Where the strain required for a tenor to hit that upper register lends these verses an acerbic, explosive edge, a countertenor can approach the same lines with lamblike lyricism, as Mobley did.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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The first verses unspooled over a simple I-V-IV progression, one of the most fundamental sets of chord changes in folk and pop music, each verse ending with a brief upward progression that climbed back to the root chord in time for the next set of lines.—
Peter Ames Carlin,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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What makes the collection particularly unique is Kosann’s approach to reinventing classics—like the lockets, charms, and poesy rings that she’s reinterpreted in the past—but also Evert’s unique experience of being so connected to the tennis bracelet.—
Kristen Bateman,
Vogue,
17 Aug. 2022
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Kosann and Mirojnick designed three core styles for the collection: a poesy ring, a charm and a locket.—
EJ Panaligan,
Variety,
15 Nov. 2022
Noun
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Liverpool’s forever No 20 was celebrated in song before, during and after the game.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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The whole concept of a jukebox musical — an original story told with songs people already knew well — was unknown back then.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Maybe if you were deeply invested in the authenticity of Black Sabbath and that incarnation of Ozzy, The Osbournes was a betrayal, turning mayhem into minstrelsy.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 July 2025
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The minstrelsy of late-night-TV activism Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart protested the cancellation by CBS of his cohort Stephen Colbert’s Late Show by staging an appalling musical routine on The Daily Show, circling the wagons in Colbert’s defense.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 July 2025
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“Rhyme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhyme. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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