as in cadence
the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity
the steady rhythm of the rain falling on the roof
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Recent Examples of rhythm
That night, Slot’s tactical reshuffle, including major changes to the full-backs, and how much Galatasaray relied on star attackers Victor Osimhen and Baris Alper disrupted Liverpool’s rhythm.
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Yagazie Emezi and Nuotama Bodomo rework ethnographic traditions through indigenous knowledge—Emezi invoking ancestral memory through textiles and ritual, Bodomo reframing film through Afro-indigenous rhythms.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
According to certain segments of the wellness crowd, this is tantamount to taking a shvitz in Chernobyl, because the light emitted by modern devices is mostly in the blue range of the spectrum, and the photoreceptors regulating our circadian rhythms are particularly attuned to blue photons.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
In an instant, the ordinary rhythms of their lives — laughter, errands, the hum of home — were shattered.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Yagazie Emezi and Nuotama Bodomo rework ethnographic traditions through indigenous knowledge—Emezi invoking ancestral memory through textiles and ritual, Bodomo reframing film through Afro-indigenous rhythms.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
According to certain segments of the wellness crowd, this is tantamount to taking a shvitz in Chernobyl, because the light emitted by modern devices is mostly in the blue range of the spectrum, and the photoreceptors regulating our circadian rhythms are particularly attuned to blue photons.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
In an instant, the ordinary rhythms of their lives — laughter, errands, the hum of home — were shattered.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhythm
Noun
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SpaceX has spent more than six years delivering the satellites to orbit with a regular cadence of rocket launches from Florida and California.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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After appearing in hundreds of games, Mario himself has basically become gaming’s Mickey Mouse; his face and faux-Italian cadence instantly recognizable to anyone who has been on Earth for the past four decades.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The crowd held the power to choose who advanced—an energy that made every beat a suspenseful moment.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
28 Oct. 2025
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Instead, at her PEOPLE photo shoot, she’s draped in a colorful Jason Wu top, and moving entirely to the beat of her own drum (and the uncensored sounds of GloRilla, Beyoncé and Cardi B pumping through the speakers).—
Janine Rubenstein,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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DeJohnette pivoted to the drums after a friend left a drum kit in his family’s basement.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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On April 12, 1962, Black men, women, and children packed into Philadelphia’s Times Auditorium and milled about to the low, rhythmic beating of African drums until the lights dimmed and Moore took the stage.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Rhythm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhythm. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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