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rhyme

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noun

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Recent Examples of rhyme
Verb
A lot of the important stuff was real: the songs, the rhymes, the flow, the friendship. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025 There exist phenomenon that defy explanation, trends unfolding with no rhyme, no reason. Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
The fictional universe of these records also rhymes with the circumstances of Anhedönia’s youth. Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025 Told in rhyming verse, the story follows Mia and her mommy on their Saturday morning trip to the grocery store. Essence, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rhyme
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhyme
Verb
  • In that world, the public interest seldom coincided with popular opinion.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • His tenure coincided with the introduction of new technologies to broadcast the Olympics, and the shift in TV operations and transmission from analog to digital technologies and high definition TV.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Schwartz is the author of thirty books of fiction, essays, and poetry, including her novels Leaving Brooklyn, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Rough Strife, a finalist for the National Book Award.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There were barrel racers slicing turns like poetry, bull riders gripping for glory, and calf ropers moving with the precision of surgeons.
    Essence, Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Use the links and bonus codes that correspond with your state.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • One analysis notes national rail emits ~35 g CO₂e per kilometer, while average gasoline cars emit ~170 g - meaning that train travel can correspond to only ~20% of the carbon per person compared to driving.
    Chelsea Haney October 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But a few months ago, different types of verse began flowing out of her.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Have another look at the opening verses of the Aeneid (especially Book I, line 28).
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Kosann and Mirojnick designed three core styles for the collection: a poesy ring, a charm and a locket.
    EJ Panaligan, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022
  • 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
Noun
  • Seconds later, Siwa was back to performing a song about her haters, wearing a homemade jersey bedazzled with her own name.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The song combines love at first sight, drugs, and death.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • From minstrelsy to cake walks to the chitlin circuit, the audience has always been crucial to the context.
    Lauren Morrow September 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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