variants
or rhythmical
as in metrical
marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound
lulled to sleep by the rhythmic sound of her mother's voice reading the Bible
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Recent Examples of rhythmic
The rhythmic piece attracted Domhnall Gleeson to voice Ray, the man whose to-do lists for life threaten to overwhelm but also pull focus to what matters.
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Natalie Jamieson, Variety, 6 Dec. 2025
Natochenny trained at a competitive acting school and got a bronze medal in rhythmic gymnastics at the Junior Olympics.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025
The 306-page book use solos by Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis and other jazz immortals to provide melodic and rhythmic vocabularies for improvisation.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
From horse racing to rodeo, through the cultivation of farm fields and homesteads, to the creation of country music and the rhythmic steps of line dancing, the unmistakable verve and style of these endemic expressions can be traced directly to the innovations of Black folks.
—James Edward Mills, Outside, 25 Nov. 2025
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Natalie Jamieson, Variety, 6 Dec. 2025
Natochenny trained at a competitive acting school and got a bronze medal in rhythmic gymnastics at the Junior Olympics.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025
The 306-page book use solos by Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis and other jazz immortals to provide melodic and rhythmic vocabularies for improvisation.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
From horse racing to rodeo, through the cultivation of farm fields and homesteads, to the creation of country music and the rhythmic steps of line dancing, the unmistakable verve and style of these endemic expressions can be traced directly to the innovations of Black folks.
—James Edward Mills, Outside, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhythmic
Adjective
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Other data releases, including the all-important monthly jobs report and the Fed’s go-to inflation metric as well as key insights on consumer spending, have been sidelined.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Top Holiday Albums chart ranks the 50 most popular seasonal albums of the week in the United States based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Canales wants to keep the operation steady and focused this week.—
Mike Kaye
January 6,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Jan. 2026
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Property owners and brokers, however, are encouraged by a steady increase in asking rents in the South Bay, according to the report.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The musical movies have received critical acclaim, and the second film earned five total nominations at this year's Globes — one more than the 2025 Golden Globes.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Other late-night shows have similarly reduced their musical acts in recent years.—
David Matthews,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Rhythmic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhythmic. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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