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rhyme

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noun

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Recent Examples of rhyme
Verb
Researchers observed that Claude sometimes anticipates future requirements, like identifying rhyming words before completing a sentence, indicating a level of foresight previously unrecognized. Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 The rhyming couplet wasn’t going to win any poetry awards. Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
Years ago, rap beef was about who had the best rhymes. Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025 The new book penned by Penn, 50, and Kim, 49, is aimed at young readers and celebrates people diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the wonders of their brains in playful rhyme and humor. Escher Walcott, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rhyme
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhyme
Verb
  • The launch of the fund coincides with major sports leagues making multiple changes to ownership rules related to institutional investment.
    Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 15 May 2025
  • Their arrival coincides with President Donald Trump’s administration’s decision to end refugee admissions from countries such as Afghanistan, Sudan and the Republic of Congo.
    Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Hideko Takamine stars as Fumiko, a poor young woman who does manual labor and works as a bar hostess while writing poetry and prose that confront her struggle to survive alongside the feckless and brutal men in her life.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
  • This week, Denim Tears unveils Sweet Corner, a nostalgic, deeply personal collection rooted in the everyday poetry of Jamaica, Queens.
    Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • One inevitable complication in understanding how attention paid to stories in the news corresponds with political support is that consumers can design a media diet of information from only one side or perspective.
    Ruth Igielnik, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • Names will correspond with their locations. Clubhouse540, for instance, is named after the Zip code of its address, 60540.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Despite sporting a cast on his right hand that prohibited him from playing guitar, Rodriguez, then 65, was in superb voice and gregarious spirit, flashing his 1000-watt grin in between verses.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
  • In a video posted by a fan on TikTok, Perry, 40, broke into the second verse after fans started singing the song to her.
    Daniela Avila, People.com, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Related Stories Pope Leo XIV Chooses Papal Name with Long History 2025 Papal Conclave to Pick New Pope: Full Recap The prayer acknowledged their sins and asked for God's forgiveness, after which followed songs and a period of worship.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 12 May 2025
  • The Vantage Roadster produces less deep, NASCAR rumble, and more the song of a high-revving DTM race car.
    Jonny Lieberman, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • It was used as a dehumanizing form of minstrelsy that further objectified Black men.
    Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 1 May 2025
  • And those fans, like him, dismissed the notion that the team’s on-court antics crossed the line from comedy to minstrelsy, as many critics had opined over the years.
    David Aldridge, The Athletic, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Rhyme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhyme. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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