Thesaurus results for RHYTHMS

rhythms

noun

plural of rhythm

as in cadences

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 rhythms More than a decade later, hantavirus cruise passengers are experiencing some of the same rhythms of confinement Brantly remembers from his time inside Emory’s isolation unit. —

Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 17 May 2026 Even the rhythms of the editing feel very 1990s, which no doubt help this appeal to older millennial dads nostalgic for their wilder years. —

Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026 The Under-the-radar Food Town Worth Knowing El Paso, Texas, surprised Lakshmi, who spent time tracing the city’s deep, daily connection with Juárez, Mexico—a back-and-forth that shapes the food supply, the culture, and the rhythms of daily life on both sides of the border. —

Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2026 Cimafunk Inspired as much by the funk of James Brown as by African rhythms, EDM, and the music of his native Pinar del Río, Cimafunk got his start as a session arranger in Havana. —

Bill Kopp, SPIN, 13 May 2026 Instead, the data revealed a planet in flux where areas brightened explosively in one year and dimmed sharply the next; regions flickered in rhythms tied to oil booms, armed conflicts, and pandemic lockdowns. —

Bree Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026 Despite the rise in light pollution, dark sky tourism continues to grow as more travelers seek out places where those natural rhythms still hold. —

Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026 Protecting a History The villas are not conceived as oversize hotel suites, but as autonomous residences embedded within the rhythms of the estate itself. —

Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 12 May 2026 When children leave home, couples may suddenly find themselves with an abundance of time once filled with carpools, meal prep and the rhythms of life. —

Patricia Neligan, AJC.com, 7 May 2026

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Noun

Other than that, the differences in the format were small, distracting only because of how ingrained the cadences of the original are.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
One Battle After Another’s Kubrickian overtones are largely confined to Lockjaw’s story line — quite appropriate, as Kubrick was fascinated by how attempts to preserve power structures allowed murder to creep into the seemingly benign cadences of ordinary life.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026